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    The Unruly Sprite A Partial Fairy Tale
    The Unruly Sprite A Partial Fairy Tale
    The Unruly Sprite A Partial Fairy Tale
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    The Unruly Sprite A Partial Fairy Tale

    By Henry Van Dyke

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 15, 2013
    The Unruly Sprite A Partial Fairy Tale
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    Henry Van Dyke

    Henry van Dyke (1852-1933) was an American author, educator, diplomat, and clergyman.

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      The Unruly Sprite A Partial Fairy Tale - Henry Van Dyke

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Unruly Sprite, by Henry van Dyke

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org

      Title: The Unruly Sprite The Unknown Quantity, A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales

      Author: Henry van Dyke

      Release Date: January 2, 2007 [EBook #20255]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE UNRULY SPRITE ***

      Produced by Rich Kuslan

      THE UNRULY SPRITE

      By Henry van Dyke

      A Partial Fairy Tale

      There was once a man who was also a writer of books.

      The merit of his books lies beyond the horizon of this tale. No doubt some of them were good, and some of them were bad, and some were merely popular. But he was all the time trying to make them better, for he was quite an honest man, and thankful that the world should give him a living for his writing. Moreover, he found great delight in the doing of it, which was something that did not enter into the world's account—a kind of daily Christmas present in addition to his wages.

      But the interesting thing about the man was that he had a clan or train of little sprites attending him—small, delicate, aerial creatures, who came and went around him at their pleasure, and showed him wonderful things, and sang to him, and kept him from being discouraged, and

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