[Illustration] THE REAL FAIRY FOLK [Illustration: “‘I FEEL THE WIND,’ CRIED RUTH, WITH BRIGHT EYES. ‘DEAR VOICE, ARE YOU THE WIND?’”] _THE Real Fairy Folk_ _BY LOUISE JAMISON_ _ILLUSTRATED BY JAMES M. GLEESON_ [Illustration] _NEW YORK_ _GARDEN CITY, N. Y._ _DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY_ _MCMXII_ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY [Illustration] THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y. _To my Mother and Father this little book is lovingly dedicated_ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration] CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. In the Old Willow Tree 3 II. Two Funny Gentlemen and What They Said 13 III. Ruth and the Wonderful Spinners 33 IV. Mrs. Mosquito and Her Kin 51 V. Ruth Hears About Some Water Babies 64 VI. Ruth Goes to a Concert 82 VII. Ruth Meets All Sorts and Conditions 100 VIII. Mrs. Tumble Bug and Others 118 IX. Little Mischief Makers 134 X. Some Queer Little People 148 XI. Wise Folks and Fiery Ones 159 XII. The Honey Makers 180 XIII. The Most Beautiful of All 197 XIV. Real Fairies 212 [Illustration] ILLUSTRATIONS “‘I feel the wind,’ cried Ruth, with bright eyes. ‘Dear voice, are you the Wind?’” _Frontispiece_ PAGE “‘Sometimes it seems as if it must be Fairyland all around, only I’m deaf’” 8 “Ruth, holding Belinda tightly, drew close to the edge of the brook” 14 “‘How’s that?’ and with a splash a big green and brown frog landed on the stone at her feet” 15 “‘I am a frog, of course, but my family name is Rana’” 16 “That nice fat toad in the garden” 18 “‘I didn’t move, but my tongue _did_’” 19