From St. Nicholas, 1914.

"Little elves dancing in the moonlight."  From Fables From Afar by Catherine Bryce, 1910.  See How to Believe in Your Elf.

Here's how to tell when a preface isn't a preface.  From King Longbeard, Or Annals of the Golden Dreamland by Barrington MacGregor and illustrated by Charles Robinson, 1897.

From Granny's Wonderful Chair and Its Tales of Fairy Times by Frances Browne and illustrated by Katharine Pyle, 1916.  See How to Believe in Your Elf.

"The black eagle found the river fairy seated upon a poplar leaf."  From American Fairy Tales by Garrett Brown and illustrated by John Edward O'Keeffe, 1911.

From The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales from the Old French, 1910.

From Indian Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs and illustrated by John D. Batten, 1892.

From Fairy Book by Sophie May, 1866.

"He would meet Dew Drop playing on a spider's web."  From American Fairy Tales by Garrett Brown and illustrated by John Edward O'Keeffe, 1911.