From St. Nicholas, 1913.

From Child-Library Readers Book Two by William Elson and Lura Runkel, 1925.

Revealed -- how peas are cultivated.  From Loraine and the Little People of Spring by Elizabeth Gordon and illustrated by Ella Dolbear Lee, 1918.

From St. Nicholas, 1889.

The tiny farmers who plant wildflower seeds.  From Loraine and the Little People of Spring by Elizabeth Gordon and illustrated by Ella Dolbear Lee, 1918.

From Washington State University's 1907 yearbook.

There's nothing like elfin lemonade.  From The Brownie Handbook (Canada).

From The Runaway Equator by Lilian Bell and illustrated by Peter Newell, 1911.

From Tales of the Open for Little Folks by Virginia Louise Brooks, 1921.

Revealed -- pine cones are fairy telephone receivers.  From The Fairy Housekeepers by Norma Bright Carson and illustrated by Hazeltine Fewsmith, 1917.

From Child-Library Readers Book Two by William Elson and Lura Runkel, 1925.

From The Brownie Handbook (Canada).

From The Pixie in the House by Laura Rountree Smith and illustrated by Clara Powers Wilson, 1915.

Library gnomes from Indiana University's 1895 yearbook.

How do broomsticks fly?  Here's a spoiler.  From Elfie's Visit to Cloudland and the Moon by Frances Austen, 1891.

From Wonder Tales from Russia by Jeremiah Curtin, 1921.  See How to Believe in Your Elf.

From Puck's Broom by E. Gordon Browne and illustrated by Kathleen I. Nixon, 1923.

From Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne and illustrated by Milo Winter, 1913.

From The Brownie Handbook (Canada).