Front matter
Reading edition
THE LAND OF FANCY
STORIES OF ENCHANTMENT
BY JANE PENTZER MYERS
ILLUSTRATED BY HARRIET ROOSEVELT RICHARDS
CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG & CO. 1901
Copyright By A. C. McClurg & Co. A.D. 1901
TO KATE WINIFRED.
Just between the “Land o’ Dreams” and broad daylight is a beautiful world: where good wishes come true: where the poor and the lonely are rich in castles and friends: and where sorrowful folk are happy.
There you may hear the birds singing and children laughing, all day long. The trees are full of blossoms and fruit. The sky is always blue, the grass green and soft.
Under the trees dwell the fairies, and against the blue sky is sometimes seen the sheen of angels’ wings.
On the borders of this land the real and the unreal are so strangely blended that children are puzzled to know where the boundary lies.
Just across its borders blooms the little white ghost-flower.
It is for you, little girl.
J. P. M.