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title: 'Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign in Brownieland Against King Cobweaver’s Pixies'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Henry Christopher McCook'
date: 1895-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Fiction'
- 'Science'
- 'Children and Youth'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 74'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mccook-1895-old-farm-fairies-a-summer-campaign-in-brownieland-against-king-cobweavers-pixies
---

# Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign in Brownieland Against King Cobweaver’s Pixies

A children's natural-history tale personifying spiders as pixies and useful insects as Brownies. The preface explains the scientific origin, illustrations, and an adult introduction.

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