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Busy Brownies

by E Veale & Palmer Cox (Illustrator)

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: FictionJuvenile

"Busy Brownies" by E. Veale is a delightful collection of children's stories written in the late 19th century. The book focuses on the adventures of the Brownies, charming little magical creatures known for their industrious and helpful nature. Each tale highlights their various escapades as they engage in tasks of kindness and creativity throughout their enchanting world. The stories within "Busy Brownies" present whimsical narratives about the Brownies' interactions with the Fairy Queen, their efforts to construct a new palace, and their playful escapades in helping both fellow fairies and humans. The tales emphasize themes of friendship, cooperation, and the joy of giving, as the Brownies embark on missions to spread happiness to others, whether by creating holiday festivities or protecting the garden from mischievous insects. Through each adventure, readers are drawn into a world of imagination and moral lessons, celebrating the virtues of hard work and empathy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Legendary beings and transformations and Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Controlled discovery queries from online-books-page and project-gutenberg matched “Fairies” and “fairies”. Retained metadata contains “Fairies” in the description and “Fairies” in the subject metadata.

    • “Fairies”· via The Online Books Page
    • “fairies”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “Fairies”· in description
    • “Fairies”· in subject
  • Controlled discovery queries from project-gutenberg matched “folklore” and “mythology”. Retained metadata contains “Tales” in the description.

    • “folklore”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “mythology”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “Tales”· in description

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Editions

2 editions cataloged here.

The Online Books Page curated catalog record

c1896

1896———Source listed online copy

Project Gutenberg electronic edition

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2017-02-12Project GutenbergEnglish—Public domain (USA)

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  • Illustrators: Cox, Palmer
  • Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: c1896
Catalog id
project-gutenberg:54159
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