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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

  PAGE

  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