Here are some bell-ringing fairies from St. Nicholas magazine, 1908.

The North Star and the Southern Cross by Margaretha Weppner, 1875.

From Cassell's Illustrated Readings, 1875.

"Beautiful stars!  In other days, / the prophets' eyes might read your rays; / and tell of many a strange event, / of warfare, and of warning sent."  From The Astrologer of the Nineteeth Century by Merlinus Anglicus Junior, 1825.

From Olga Romanoff by George Chetwynd Griffith and illustrated by Fred Jane, 1897.

Here's a precursor to If You're Afraid of the Dark, Remember the Night Rainbow, from Christmas Eve by Robert Browning, 1906.

From Farmer's Magazine, 1920.