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Did belong to a library before and has their usual goodies. >>> Rewards and Fairies is a book originally published in 1910. The title comes from the poem "Farewell, Rewards and Fairies" by , which was referred to by the children in the first story of Kipling's earlier book . Rewards and Fairies, a followup to Puck, is set one year later, although it was published four years afterwards. >>> Rewards and 'Fairies is a collection of stories and a sequel to Puck of Pook's Hill. 'The tales had to be read by children, before people realized they were meant for grown-ups.' Through the agency of Puck, two children - Dan and Una - meet a glittering array of historical characters from flint and iron age tribes to 'Good Queen Bess' and Sir Francis Drake. Other tales include stories of England following the Norman Conquest, and the Europe of Napoleon and Talleyrand. Rewards and Fairies includes two of Kipling's best-loved and most quoted poems: 'The Way through the Woods' and 'If-'.