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THE FAIRY MYTHOLOGY,

ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE

Komance and Superstition of various Countries;

BY

THOMAS KEIGHTLEY,

Author of the Mythology of Ancient Greece and Italy; Histories of Greece, Rome,
England, and India, The Crusaders, &c., &c.

Another sort there be, that will
Be talking of the Fairies still;
Nor never can they have their fill,

As they were wedded to them

DRAYTON.

A NEW EDITION, REVISED AND GREATLY ENLARGED.

LONDON:

H. G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

MDCCCL.

ΤΟ

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

FRANCIS EARL OF ELLESMERE,

IN TESTIMONY OF

ESTEEM AND RESPECT FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE VIRTUE,

LITERARY TASTE, TALENT, AND ACQUIREMENTS,

AND PATRONAGE OF LITERATURE AND THE ARTS,

This Volume is inscrived

BY

THE AUTHOR.