The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby by Charles Kingsley is a Victorian children's fantasy. It follows Tom, a young chimney sweep, who enters an underwater world and meets strange creatures that teach him about kindness, nature, and growing up. Warm, imaginative, and moral in tone, it is a classic tale for listeners.
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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
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Opening of the book
"The thing whirred up into the air, and hung
poised on its wings, ... a dragon fly, ... the
king of all the flies."—P. 74. (Frontispiece)
"The thing whirred up into the air, and hung
poised on its wings, . . . a dragon fly, . . . the king of all the flies."—P. 74 (Frontispiece)
THE WATER-BABIES
A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby
BY
CHARLES KINGSLEY
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR BY
WARWICK GOBLE
MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON
1922
First Published 1863
Edition with 32 Illustrations in Colour by Warwick Goble, Crown 4to,
1909
With 16 Illustrations in Colour by Warwick Goble, Demy 8vo, October
1910
Reprinted November 1910, 1912
With 16 Illustrations in Colour by Warwick Goble, Medium 8vo, 1922
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN TO MY YOUNGEST SON GRENVILLE ARTHUR AND TO ALL OTHER GOOD LITTLE BOYS COME READ ME MY RIDDLE, EACH GOOD LITTLE MAN; IF YOU CANNOT READ IT, NO GROWN-UP FOLK CAN. Contents CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII and LAST MORAL ILLUSTRATIONS
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