"Not content with discoursing on supermen, the author presents them in the flesh - or whatever it is they are made of."

"Glory glory alleluia I'm the luckiest of females For I've danced with a man Who's danced with a girl Who's danced wit…"

"A batsman given to run-stealing need not open his mouth to gain the reputation of a wit."

"I would like a bat with the words WHAT A ROTTEN WICKET-KEEPER stamped in large letters on the back of it."

"Fairies are very shy creatures and prefer to keep themselves hidden from human eyes"

"If you look very carefully, you may see a fairy in your garden"

"The world of fairies is all around us, though we seldom notice it"

"Fairies, elves, mermaids and water-babies inhabit the magical world created by Shirley Barber"

"You are, and haue beene feared ouer all, England's an Ile, of stoute and hardie men: Be stronge in faith, your foes d…"

"that he cares for nothing except what might commend itself to a virtuoso Pagan, and thinks only as men thought before…"