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From Cautionary Tales: Fairies or Fakes?

World's Greatest Con

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The Coming of the Fairies

The coming of the fairies wasn't a work of fiction, it was deadly serious. These photographs were in the possession of edward gardener, an influential believer in spiritualism. Conan doyle was aware that the existence of fairies was controversial, so he affected the stants of a logical man,. explaining every clue like sherlock holmes himself.

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