Introduction.
Origin of the Belief in Fairies.
Origin of the Word Fairy.
Oriental Romance.
Persian Romance.
Arabian Romance.
Middle-age Romance.
Fairy Land.
Spenser's Faerie Queene.
Eddas and Sagas.
The Alfar.
The Duergar.
Scandinavia.
Elves.
Dwarfs or Trolls
Nisses.
Necks, Mermen, and Mermaids.
Northern Islands.
Iceland.
Feroes.
Shetland.
Orkneys.
Isle of Rügen.
Germany.
Dwarfs.
The Wild-women.
Kobolds.
Nixes.
Switzerland.
Great Britain.
England.
Scottish Lowlands.
Celts and Cymry.
Ireland.
Scottish Highlands.
Isle of Man.
Wales.
Brittany.
Southern Europe.
Greece.
Italy.
Spain.
France.
Eastern Europe.
Finns.
Africans, Jews, Etc.
Africans.
Jews.
Conclusion.
Appendix.
