We have then to ask what are the terms, marks, common traits, or by whatsoever name they are to be called, which are yielded by a comparison of such seven kinds. Something like the following eight will possibly arise:—
First, A Fairy is a subordinate spirit.
Secondly, Is attracted to the surface of our planet.
Thirdly, At once seeks and shuns mankind.
Fourthly, Has a body.
Fifthly, Is attenuate.
Sixthly, Is without proper station and function in the general economy of the universe; or is mythologically displaced.
Seventhly, Is endowed with powers of intelligence and of agency excelling human.
Eighthly, Stands under a doom.
To these eight criteria, taken in the nature of the thing enquired, the reflective inquirer will perchance find himself led on to add two furnished from within himself, as that—