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

Along the limpid highway fared.
Charles Robinson, from "The Cloud Kingdom," by Isaac Henry Wallis, London, New York: [1908?]

The wild ducks spurned the water one by one.
Charles Robinson, from "The Cloud Kingdom," by Isaac Henry Wallis, London, New York: [1908?]

Charles Robinson, Opening Illustration for "The Cloud Kingdom," by Isaac Henry Wallis, London, New York: [1908?]

The foxgloves.
From Little Blue-eyes" London: 1875

The heath-bells.
From Little Blue-eyes" London: 1875

The fir-cone.
From Little Blue-eyes" London: 1875

She sate down and plaited herself an overall of rushes and a cap to match.
Arthur Rackham, from "English Fairy Tales" by Flora Annie Webster Steel, New York: 1922

When Puss saw the rats and mice, she didn’t wait to be told.
Arthur Rackham, from "English Fairy Tales" by Flora Annie Webster Steel, New York: 1922

“Well!” she chuckled, “I am in luck!”
Arthur Rackham, from "English Fairy Tales" by Flora Annie Webster Steel, New York: 1922

Among the corn.
From Little Blue-eyes" London: 1875