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  [Illustration: 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.



  [Illustration]



  THE ZANKIWANK & THE BLETHERWITCH

  BY S.J. ADAIR FITZGERALD

  WITH PICTURES BY ARTHUR RACKHAM

  [Illustration]

  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

 