Excerpt from The Water-Babies: A Fairy for a Land-Baby

"It was in 1863 that The Water-Babies was written, showing the naturalist in the fulness of his strength, fearlessly, yet tenderly, playing with the tremendous results of advanced science in the nineteenth century...

"The writing of the book was the outcome of a gentle reminder, at breakfast one spring morning, of an old promise, to the effect that as a three elder children had their book - The Heroes - the baby, my youngest brother, then four years old, "must have his." My father made no answer, "but got up at once and went to his study, locking the door." and in an hour come back with the fist chapter of The Water-Babies in his hand. At this space and with the same ease the whole book was composed...

"A visit in 1858 Mr. W. E. Forster in Wharfedale, and to Mr. Morrison at Malham, gave him the local setting to the beautiful opening chapters.

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