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Title: The Fairy Godmothers and Other Tales

Author: Mrs. Alfred Gatty

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THE FAIRY GODMOTHERS AND OTHER TALES.

BY MRS. ALFRED GATTY.

1851.

[Illustration: HERMIONE SKETCHING.]

Col miele, e non coll' aceto si piglian le mosche.

_Italian Proverb_.

To My Children

These tales are most affectionately dedicated. They were written in
hours of sickness, but are intended to be read by the healthy and
joyous young: and to illustrate some favourite and long cherished
convictions.

Margaret Gatty.

Ecclesfield Vicarage,
27th March, 1851.

CONTENTS.

The Fairy Godmothers

Joachim the Mimic

Darkness and Light

The Love of God

The design for the Frontispiece which adorns this volume is by the
pencil of the writer's kind and highly gifted friend, Miss Lucette E.
Barker.

THE FAIRY GODMOTHERS.

In one of the beautiful bays on the coast of Fairy Land, a party of
Fairies was assembled on a lovely evening in July. There are many
beautiful bays on the coast of England, and there is one esp