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 It is "La Sylphe," one of the fairy race which we meet in the "Rape of the Lock":

We are far from pretending that the foregoing is a complete review of its subject. The task is an almost endless one, and there are limits to time and space and the patience of readers. We submit, however, that this analytical description is in advance of public knowledge in England and