The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby is a children\'s novel by the Reverend Charles Kingsley.
The book is beautifully Illustrated by Jesse Willcox Smith..
The book was extremely popular in England, and was a mainstay of British children\'s literature for many decades.
Written as part as a satire in support of Charles Darwin\'s The Origin of Species.
Written from 1862 to 63 as a serial for Macmillan\'s Magazine, it was first published in its entirety in 1863.
The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby is a children\'s novel by the Reverend Charles Kingsley