And I should look like a fountain of gold.
Warwick Goble, from "The Book of Fairy Poetry," Bombay, Calcutta, London: 1920

I saw three ships.
From "Walter Crane's Painting Book," Glasgow, London, Manchester: [1889?]

How does my lady's garden grow?
From "Walter Crane's Painting Book," Glasgow, London, Manchester: [1889?]

I have four sisters.
From "Walter Crane's Painting Book," Glasgow, London, Manchester: [1889?]

He tumbled o'er a poor old sow,
Who with her young made such a row...
From "The Dandy's Perambulations," London: 1819

Pink went two hobbies straight to hire;
Then with their steeds they gallop'd on.
From "The Dandy's Perambulations," London: 1819

Five hours (and who can do it less in?)
By Mr. Pink was spent in dressing.
From "The Dandy's Perambulations," London: 1819

What's that in the window?
Peter Newell, from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, London, New York: 1901

On various pretexts they all moved off.
Peter Newell, from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, London, New York: 1901

The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other.
Peter Newell, from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, London, New York: 1901

See that sovereign stand
At his palace gate.
Richard Doyle, from "An Old Fairy Tale: The Sleeping Beauty" by James Robinson Planché, London, New York: 1868

Over their heads the wild fowl screams,
And the falcon into the air is cast.
Richard Doyle, from "An Old Fairy Tale: The Sleeping Beauty" by James Robinson Planché, London, New York: 1868

And o'er his head, and round the bed,
By the protecting fairy led.
Richard Doyle, from "An Old Fairy Tale: The Sleeping Beauty" by James Robinson Planché, London, New York: 1868

The butterfly took wing, and mounted into the air with little Tom on his back.
Warwick Goble, from "The Fairy Book" by Dinah Maria Craik, London: 1913

The compassionate children instantly seized hold of the little man...
Warwick Goble, from "The Fairy Book" by Dinah Maria Craik, London: 1913

...They were changed into swans, and flew away over the wood.
Warwick Goble, from "The Fairy Book" by Dinah Maria Craik, London: 1913

They were made to gallop, to canter, to trot.
Cecil Aldin, from "Cecil Aldin's Merry Party" by May Clarissa Gillington Byron, London: 1913

Nothing could scare the quacks, however.
Cecil Aldin, from "Cecil Aldin's Merry Party" by May Clarissa Gillington Byron, London: 1913

“Give me a leg up, Forager,” said Rags, “I want to see.”
Cecil Aldin, from "Cecil Aldin's Merry Party" by May Clarissa Gillington Byron, London: 1913

Opening illustration for the story "Dropped from the Clouds."
Charles Henry Bennett, from "The Chicken Market and Other Fairy Tales" by Henry Morley, London, New York, Paris: n.d.

Opening illustration for the story "The Bag of Minutes."
Charles Henry Bennett, from "The Chicken Market and Other Fairy Tales" by Henry Morley, London, New York, Paris: n.d.

The fairies flew away.
Charles Henry Bennett, from "The Chicken Market and Other Fairy Tales" by Henry Morley, London, New York, Paris: n.d.

She went to the sempstress
To buy him some linen,
But when she came back
The dog was a-spinning.
From "Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes," London, New York: 1877

She took a clean dish
To get him some tripe,
But when she came back
He was smoking a pipe.
From "Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes," London, New York: 1877

She went to the fruiterer’s
To buy him some fruit,
But when she came back
He was playing the flute.
From "Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes," London, New York: 1877