THE

WATER BABIES

A FAIRY TALE

FOR

A LAND BABY

BY

CHARLES KINGSLEY

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY

SIR NOEL PATON, R.S.A., AND PERCIVAL SKELTON

NEW EDITION

NEW YORK

MACMILLAN AND CO.

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY FRO YHA LETALE OF PROFESSOR E. W. CURAEY MAY 3, 1959.

TROW'S

PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANY,

NEW YORK.