书名：The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby (Calla Editions)

作者：Charles Kingsley

出版社名称：Dover Publications Inc

出版时间：2017

语种：英语

ISBN：9781606601136

商品尺寸：18.8 x 3.1 x 25.9 cm

包装：精装

页数：272（以实物为准）

英国北方一个大城市里，住着一个扫烟囱的小男孩，名叫汤姆。他失去双亲，被恶棍雇用，整天在烟囱里爬上爬下，清扫烟尘。他的师父经常打骂他，但他仍无忧无虑，十分快活。

一天，他遇到了一位穷苦妇女，其实她是关心小男孩的仙女。

他在水里睡着了，躯体被淹没，但他并没有死，而是脱去了身上的污垢，变成一个身材小巧的水孩子。

汤姆跟其他的水孩子一起来到一座神奇的仙岛。在那儿，他如果能够到达闪光墙，通过永不打开的白色大门，就能成长为真正的男子汉。

Shamed by his grimy appearance in the presence of an immaculate little girl, ten-year-old Tom -- an ill-treated London chimney-sweep -- promptly runs away. Diving into a river, he enters a magical underwater world of fairies and other whimsical creatures who teach him about truth, mercy, justice, courage, and other virtues. Although Charles Kingsley's fable can be read as simply a charming morality tale, it also blends elements of a scientific satire and a political tract. Kingsley not only parodied the controversy surrounding the then-new concept of natural selection but also helped foster legislation protecting abused children like his young hero.

This wondrous hardcover collectible includes a dozen full-page color plates plus numerous line drawings by Jessie Willcox Smith, one of the most prominent women artists of the Golden Age of Illustration. Immensely popular upon its 1863 publication, this beloved classic continues to captivate modern readers just as it stirred imaginations over a century ago.

查理·金斯利Charles Kingsley（1819～1875）是19世纪英国作家、诗人。他的童年大半在英国西部沿岸的渔村度过。1843年以优等成绩毕业于剑桥大学，后任剑桥大学现代史教授。他写了多部揭露英国小工场中残酷剥削工人的小说。

Author and Anglican clergyman Charles Kingsley (1819-75) took an active interest in the plight of the working class and was a co-founder of England's Christian Socialist movement. In addition to writing novels, poetry, sermons, political essays, and children's stories, Kingsley taught history at Cambridge University, served as chaplain to Queen Victoria and tutor to the Prince of Wales.

（插图作者）杰西·威尔科克斯·史密斯(1863-1935)是插图黄金时代的杰出美国艺术家，她为当时的许多流行杂志撰稿，包括《世纪》、《科利尔》和《哈珀》。在她与《好管家》长期合作的过程中，她创作了从1917年到1933年的所有期刊封面。史密斯为60多本书画了插图，其中包括《小妇人》和《儿童诗歌花园》。

A prominent American artist during the Golden Age of Illustration, Jessie Willcox Smith (1863-1935) contributed to many popular magazines of the era, including Century, Collier's, and Harper's. In the course of her longtime association with Good Housekeeping, she created all of the periodical's covers from 1917 to 1933. Smith illustrated more than 60 books, among them Little Women and A Child's Garden of Verses.