KINGSLEY, CHARLES & STEEDMAN, AMY — The Water Babies

London & New York : T.C. & E. S. Jack / E. P. Dutton & Co. 1905? Illustrated by Katharine Cameron. Undated Edition, thus First edition. Told to the Children Series Edited by Louey Chisholm VII + 117 p., a frontispiece and seven further colour plates (as called for, 2 x 15 cm., HARDCOVER: (Original black-printed, pictorial light-green cloth-covered boards/black titles, pages unopened, back cover rests of water damage, else VERY GOOD) 'Darwin's ORIGIN had a profound influence on Kingsley. His story of Tom and Elsie as trasmuted 'water-babies' is considered one of the first 'literary' responses to Darwin's work. This tale was written and published two years prior to ALICE IN WONDERLAND and is one of the earliest fantasies for children written by an English author - Megan Webster.'