The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley and Jessie Wilcox Smith

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  Water Babies by Charles Kingsley, illustrated by Jessie Wilcox Smith

  

  

  Looking up the yellow moon

  
  

  

  

  

  He felt comfortable

  
  

  

  

  

  Don’t hurt me!

  
  

  

  

  

  He sat upon the buoy

  
  

  

  He felt the net

  

  

  He clawed down the hole

  
  

  

  

  Mrs. Bedonebyasyoudid

  

  
  

  

  Mrs. Doasyouwouldbedoneby

  
  

• The originals of these illustrations by Jessie Wilcox Smith are part of collection of American Library of Congress (one is still in hands of private collector), but we can enjoy them right here and right now.

  Jessie Wilcox Smith started her career at Ladies’ Home Journal and became illustrator much later. She collaborated with many famous writers. Beside Charles Kingsley we should mention at least Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens and George MacDonald.

  Water Babies was published in 1916 and can be downloaded at Project Gutenberg.  Illustrations are colored and black and white. The later can also be useful as nice coloring pages.

  

  Water Babies by Charles Kingsley, illustrated by Jessie Wilcox Smith

  

  Looking up the yellow moon

  

  He felt comfortable

  

  Don’t hurt me!

  

  He sat upon the buoy

  

  He felt the net

  

  He clawed down the hole

  

  Mrs. Bedonebyasyoudid

  

  Mrs. Doasyouwouldbedoneby

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