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The Zankiwank & The Bletherwitch]
The Zankiwank and The Bletherwitch
An Original Fantastic Fairy Extravaganza
"_Imagination is always the ruling and divine power, and the rest of the man is only the instrument which it sounds, or the tablet on which it writes._" JOHN RUSKIN.
THE ZANKIWANK & THE BLETHERWITCH
BY S.J. ADAIR FITZGERALD
WITH PICTURES BY ARTHUR RACKHAM
LONDON J.M. DENT & Co. ALDINE HOUSE E.C. 1896
_All Rights Reserved_
To MY BLANCHE
I AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBE THIS LITTLE BOOK
CONTENTS
PART I A TRIP TO FABLE LAND 1
PART II THE FAIRIES' FEATHER AND FLOWER LAND 33
PART III A VISIT TO SHADOW LAND 91
PART IV THE LAND OF TOPSY TURVEY 119
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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EVERYBODY MADE A RUSH FOR THE TRAIN _Frontispiece_
THE ZANKIWANK AND THE BLETHERWITCH _Title Page_
THE JACKARANDAJAM 5
MR SWINGLEBINKS 7
THEY WERE RUN INTO BY A DEMON ON A BICYCLE 17
BIRDS, BEASTS AND FISHES WERE HURRYING BY IN CONFUSING MASSES 19
THE FROGS ... PLAYING "KISS IN THE RING" 24
THEY WERE GLUED TO THE EARTH 27
THE ELFIN ORCHESTRA 37
I HAVE DISPATCHED THE JACKARANDAJAM AND MR SWINGLEBINKS IN A FOUR-WHEELED CAB 41
A COMPANY OF FAIRIES ... LEAPT FROM THE PETALS OF THE FLOWERS 45
THE SLY JACKDAWS AND THE RAVENS ... EVIDENTLY PLOTTING MISCHIEF 51
ONE OF THE PRETTIEST DANCES YOU EVER SAW 55
TITANIA ARRIVED ... WITH A FULL TRAIN OF FAIRIES AND ELVES 61
WILLIE PINCHED HIS EXCEEDINGLY THIN LEGS, MAKING HIM JUMP AS HIGH AS AN APRIL RAINBOW 64
PEASEBLOSSOM AND MUSTARD SEED 71
QUEEN TITANIA AND HER COURT OF FAIRIES WERE EATING PUDDINGS AND PIES 75
THE TWO CHILDREN TUMBLED OFF NOTHING INTO A VACANT SPACE 79
"KEEP THE POT A-BOILING," BAWLED THE ZANKIWANK 83
SO INTO SHADOWLAND THEY TUMBLED 87
A WHOLE SCHOOL OF CHILDREN FOLLOWING MADLY IN THEIR WAKE 95
THE GOBLINS STARTED OFF ON HORSEBACK 101
"THE UNFORTUNATE DOLL" 103
THE WINNY WEG WAS DANCING IN A CORNER ALL BY HERSELF 106
MAUDE AND WILLIE WERE RECLINING PEACEFULLY ON A GOLDEN COUCH WITH SILVER CUSHIONS 107
A GAME OF LEAP-FROG 108
A GREAT RED CAVERN OPENED AND SWALLOWED UP EVERYTHING 117
"NOW THEN, MOVE ON!" 123
THE WIMBLE AND THE WAMBLE 126
JORUMGANDER THE YOUNGER ... APPROACHED THEM WITH A CASE OF PENS 133
"WHY, HERE HE IS!" 138
THE ZANKIWANK ARGUING WITH THE CLERK OF THE WEATHER AND THE WEATHER COCK 145
TIME WAS MEANT FOR SLAVES 151
CHILDREN WITH THE ODDEST HEADS AND FACES EVER SEEN 158, 159
IT WAS A SORT OF SKELETON 163
THE GRIFFIN AND THE PHOENIX 170
THEY SPRANG INTO THE HASH 173
DR PAMPLETON 177
NO ONE INDIVIDUAL GOT HIS OWN PROPER LIMBS FASTENED TO HIM 183
THERE WAS JOHN OPENING THE CARRIAGE DOOR FOR THEM TO GET OUT 187