This text contains depictions of 150 species of what must be categorized as fairies. Seven chapters summon forth the Fairies of the Air and the Wind, the Fairies from the Fire, Worldly Fairies, Fairies of the Sea and Spring, the Maidens from Green Kingdoms and the Airy-Fairies from the land of Dreams. The secrets of their habits and habitats, their riches and rags, their appearances and disappearances are uncovered and their sizes and shapes are hinted at.