From Colorado College's 1918 yearbook.

From Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland by Thomas Crofton Croker, 1882.

From King Longbeard, Or Annals of the Golden Dreamland by Barrington MacGregor and illustrated by Charles Robinson, 1897.

From The Ontario Readers Primer: Mary, John and Peter, 1933.

Today's x-ray fairies are from The Australian Women's Weekly, 1938.

From Busy Little Brownies by Nataniel Moore Banta and illustrated by Dorothy Dulin, 1923.

From Wee Wisdom, 1930.

"It became a fairy."  From The Garden of Childhood by Alice M. Chesterton and illustrated by Gertrude M. Bradley, 1905.

From The Art Teacher by Pedro J. Lemos, 1939.

From St. Nicholas, 1912.

From The Alexandra Readers Primer by W. A. McIntyre & John C. Saul, 1908.

From St. Nicholas, 1895.

So many fairies -- it's like a hidden picture puzzle.  From Folly in Fairyland by Carolyn Wells and illustrated by Wallace Morgan, 1901.

From Chronicles of Fairy Land by Fergus Hume and illustrated by Kirk & Dunlop, 1911.

From Wee Wisdom, 1921.

From Dickon Bend-the-Bow and Other Wonder Tales by Everett McNeil and illustrated by Rob Wagner, 1903.

From Busy Little Brownies by Nataniel Moore Banta and illustrated by Dorothy Dulin, 1923.

From the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville's 1927 yearbook.

From St. Nicholas, 1895.

From St. Nicholas, 1895.