Little World Elves & Fairies: An Anthology of Verse

Over hill, over dale,
Thorough bush, thorough briar…

Sometimes benevolent, sometimes misanthropic and always elusive, fairy folk over many centuries have bewitched the imaginations of their human kin. Very few have glimpsed more than a shadow or heard more than an echo of their presence. Thus the rich impressions of wide-eyed elves and butterfly-winged fairies that Ida Rentoul Outhwaite so skilfully captured have proved, for many, the most satisfying embodiment of a hidden world.