"The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for Land-Babies"
| Title | "The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for Land-Babies" |
| Year for Search | 1862 |
| Authors | Kingsley, Rev. Professor Charles(1819-75) |
| Secondary Title | Macmillan's Magazine |
| Volume / Edition | 6.34 - 7.41 |
| Pagination | 273-83, 353-63, 433-44; 1-13, 95-105, 209-18, 316-27, 383-92 |
| Date Published | August 1862 - March 1863 |
| Keywords | English author, Male author |
| Annotation | Famous children's book that includes the presentation of a cockaigne-like utopia (the Doasyoulike) which is punished for living without care. The Water Babies slowly devolve back into apes. In addition, St. Brendan's Island is described, and Laputa from Gulliver's Travels and other utopias are briefly mentioned. A strong anti-Irish prejudice is present in the two main utopias. |
| Additional Publishers | Rev. illus. Joseph Noel Paton (1821-1901). London: Macmillan, 1863. Rpt. illus. Linley Sambourne. London: Macmillan, 1886; and illus. W[illiam] Heath Robinson (1872-1944). London: Constable, 1915. U.S. ed. illus. Jessie Willcox Smith (1863-1935). New York: Dodd and Mead, 1916. Critical eds. include The Water-Babies. Ed. Brian Alderson. Oxford, Eng.: Oxford University Press, 1995 with an “Introduction” by the editor (ix-xxxvi), “Textual Variants” (185-95), “The Iconography of The Water-Babies (197-200), and “Explanatory Notes) (201-30) [This ed. reprints the 1863 ed.]; The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. Ed. Richard D. Beards. New York: Penguin Books, 2008 with an “Introduction” by the editor (ix-xxiii) and “Explanatory notes (191-98) [This ed. reprints the 1863 ed. with illus. from various editions]; The Water-Babies. Ed. Richard Kelly. Peterborough, ON, Canada: Broadview Editions, 2008 with an “Introduction” by the editor (9-38) [This ed. reprints the 1863 ed. with the illus. from the 1886 ed. and the 1863 illus. It also includes some other nineteenth century children’s literature, reviews of The Water-Babies, and some of Kingsley’s essays.]; The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. Ed. Brian Alderson with an Introduction by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst (vii-xlix), “Textual Variants” (182-89), Kingsley, “The Wonders of the Shore” (190-201), and “Explanatory Notes” comp. by Alderson and rev. by Douglas-Fairhurst (203-35), [This ed. reprints the 1863 edition with its illustrations]. The book was advertized as the 150th anniversary ed., but this does not appear in the book. |
| Holding Institutions | L |
| Author Note | (1819-75) |
| Full Text | 1862-3 Kingsley, Rev. Professor [Charles] (1819-75). “The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby.” Macmillan’s Magazine 6.34 – 7.41 (August 1862 – March 1863): 273-83, 353-63, 433-44; 1-13, 95-105, 209-18, 316-27, 383-92. Rev. illus. Joseph Noel Paton (1821-1901). London: Macmillan, 1863. Rpt. illus. Linley Sambourne. London: Macmillan, 1886; and illus. W[illiam] Heath Robinson (1872-1944). London: Constable, 1915. U.S. ed. illus. Jessie Willcox Smith (1863-1935). New York: Dodd and Mead, 1916. Critical eds. include The Water-Babies. Ed. Brian Alderson. Oxford, Eng.: Oxford University Press, 1995 with an “Introduction” by the editor (ix-xxxvi), “Textual Variants” (185-95), “The Iconography of The Water-Babies (197-200), and “Explanatory Notes) (201-30) [This ed. reprints the 1863 ed.]; The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. Ed. Richard D. Beards. New York: Penguin Books, 2008 with an “Introduction” by the editor (ix-xxiii) and “Explanatory notes (191-98) [This ed. reprints the 1863 ed. with illus. from various editions]; The Water-Babies. Ed. Richard Kelly. Peterborough, ON, Canada: Broadview Editions, 2008 with an “Introduction” by the editor (9-38) [This ed. reprints the 1863 ed. with the illus. from the 1886 ed. and the 1863 illus. It also includes some other nineteenth century children’s literature, reviews of The Water-Babies, and some of Kingsley’s essays.]; The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. Ed. Brian Alderson with an Introduction by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst (vii-xlix), “Textual Variants” (182-89), Kingsley, “The Wonders of the Shore” (190-201), and “Explanatory Notes” comp. by Alderson and rev. by Douglas-Fairhurst (203-35), [This ed. reprints the 1863 edition with its illustrations]. The book was advertized as the 150th anniversary ed., but this does not appear in the book. L Famous children’s book that includes the presentation of a cockaigne-like utopia (the Doasyoulike) which is punished for living without care. The Water-Babies slowly devolve back into apes. In addition, St. Brendan’s Island is described, and Laputa from Gulliver’s Travels and other utopias are briefly mentioned. A strong anti-Irish prejudice is present in the two main utopias. |
