Copyright, 1895,
BY
LUCY HAMILTON WARNER

WYNKOOP & HALLENBECK, NEW YORK.

I DEDICATE THIS LITTLE VOLUME TO
My Father
WHOSE TOUCH OF GENTLENESS AND LOVE EVER
WARMS MY HEART
The Author

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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Queen Wishtah Summons Her Four Little Elves,[Frontispiece]
The Elves’ Departure,[9]
Spider Eyes Feels an Earthquake,[13]
The Elves Hide from Mr. Garden Toad,[17]
Spider Eyes Asleep in the Poppy,[21]
The Mending of Spider Eyes’ Wing,[27]
Spider Eyes Asks the Glowworm the Way,[35]
They Hear the Glowworms Talking,[39]
Spider Eyes Has a Fall,[43]
Is Rescued by Grandfather Grasshopper,[47]
Grandfather Grasshopper Introduces the Four Little Elves to Mrs. Field Mouse,[51]
Spider Eyes Tries to Lift the Baby Mouse,[59]
Mrs. Field Mouse’s House is Destroyed,[65]
The Crow and the Four Little Elves,[69]
The Whip-poor-will and the Little Elves,[73]
The Four Little Elves Wash their Faces with Dewdrops,[77]
Gold Jacket, the Bumblebee, Leads Them,[79]

THE LITTLE ELVES
SEEKING
THE BEAUTIFUL WORLD
PART I