In no part of the British Islands has the belief in the existence of Fairies retained a stronger hold upon the people than in the Isle of Man. Many legends of good and evil Fairies are still related by the country people of Mona's Isle; and those who care to inquire into the habits and customs of the Manx cottagers will see and hear much that will reward their curiosity. It is not the mere excursionist, visiting the Island for a summer holiday and keeping on the beaten track of sightseers, who will ever learn or see anything of these customs, but he who branches off the high road into the recesses of the mountain districts.Edward Callow gathered these tales from islanders who preserved them in the oral tradition that reached back for generations. The volume is illustrated with 60 engravings, and was originally published in 1882.