{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/eng/ppx/ppx02.htm","path":"neu/eng/ppx/ppx02.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/ppx/ppx02.htm","text":"In a work of mine, addressed in a series of letters to the late lamented poet Laureate, Robert Southey, entitled \"The Borders of the Tamar and the Tary,\" I gave an account of many of our local superstitions, and related several legends and traditions, peculiar to this delightful county: among them were a few Pixy stories. These had the good fortune to meet with favor both from critic and reader; and confirmed the opinion I had previously formed concerning the general interest attached to pixy lore.\nThe following tales were written for the entertainment of a family circle of children and young persons. Finding they afforded some amusement in the quarter for which they were originally designed, I am induced to commit them to the press, in the hope that they may not be altogether unacceptable to a more extended circle in their hours of harmless recreation from more serious pursuits.\nA. E. B.\nTHE VICARAGE, TAVISTOCK\n August 5, 1853","title":"A Peep at the Pixies: Advertisement","type":"page"}