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قراءة كتاب The Zankiwank and The Bletherwitch: An Original Fantastic Fairy Extravaganza
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The Zankiwank and The Bletherwitch: An Original Fantastic Fairy Extravaganza
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The Zankiwank
and
The Bletherwitch
An Original Fantastic Fairy Extravaganza
"Imagination is always the ruling and divine power, and the rest of the man is only the instrument which it sounds, or the tablet on which it writes."
John Ruskin.
The ZANKIWANK & The BLETHERWITCH
BY S.J. ADAIR FITZGERALD
WITH PICTURES BY ARTHUR RACKHAM
LONDON J.M. DENT & CO.
ALDINE HOUSE E.C. 1896
All Rights Reserved
To
MY BLANCHE
I AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBE
THIS LITTLE BOOK
CONTENTS
PART I |
|
| A Trip to Fable Land | 1 |
PART II |
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| The Fairies' Feather and Flower Land | 33 |
PART III |
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| A Visit to Shadow Land | 91 |
PART IV |
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| The Land of Topsy Turvey | 119 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| PAGE | |
| EVERYBODY MADE A RUSH FOR THE TRAIN | Frontispiece |
| THE ZANKIWANK AND THE BLETHERWITCH | Title Page |
| THE JACKARANDAJAM | 5 |
| MR SWINGLEBINKS | 7 |
| THEY WERE RUN INTO BY A DEMON ON A BICYCLE | 17 |
| BIRDS, BEASTS AND FISHES WERE HURRYING BY IN CONFUSING MASSES | 19 |
| THE FROGS ... PLAYING "KISS IN THE RING" | 24 |
| THEY WERE GLUED TO THE EARTH | 27 |
| THE ELFIN ORCHESTRA | 37 |
| I HAVE DISPATCHED THE JACKARANDAJAM AND MR SWINGLEBINKS IN A FOUR-WHEELED CAB | 41 |
| A COMPANY OF FAIRIES ... LEAPT FROM THE PETALS OF THE FLOWERS | 45 |
| THE SLY JACKDAWS AND THE RAVENS ... EVIDENTLY PLOTTING MISCHIEF | 51 |
| ONE OF THE PRETTIEST DANCES YOU EVER SAW | 55 |
| TITANIA ARRIVED ... WITH A FULL TRAIN OF FAIRIES AND ELVES | 61 |
| WILLIE PINCHED HIS EXCEEDINGLY THIN LEGS, MAKING HIM JUMP AS HIGH AS AN APRIL RAINBOW | 64 |
| PEASEBLOSSOM AND MUSTARD SEED | 71 |
| QUEEN TITANIA AND HER COURT OF FAIRIES WERE EATING PUDDINGS AND PIES | 75 |
| THE TWO CHILDREN TUMBLED OFF NOTHING INTO A VACANT SPACE | 79 |
| "KEEP THE POT A-BOILING," BAWLED THE ZANKIWANK | 83 |
| SO INTO SHADOWLAND THEY TUMBLED |