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TO MR. WILLIAM BEVERLEY, WHOSE ARTISTIC ABILITY AND EXQUISITE TASTE IN EMBELLISHMENT FOR SO MANY YEARS HAVE ENABLED THE WONDERS OF FAIRYLAND TO BE REALISED ON THE ENGLISH STAGE, WHICH HE HAS DONE SO MUCH TO ADORN BY HIS PICTORIAL SKILL AND POETICAL FANCY, THIS CHRISTMAS ANNUAL, WITH THE WARMEST FEELINGS OF ADMIRATION, IS INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR.