[Next project] The Windfairies, by Mary De Morgan

[Hendrik Kaiber]

De Morgan's previous collection, The Necklace of Princess FIorimonde, will likely be released soon. When it does I would like to start the third and last of her books.

This time the collection is called The Windfairies, and is also a short production.

For the cover I'm thinking of using Fairy Tale. Although not an oil painting, I think it doesn't look too different from one. Do you agree or should I try to find another painting?

Can I produce it?

Transcription
Scans

Repo

—Hendrik

[Alex Cabal]

OK, Vince will manage with Robin reviewing.

On 2/15/26 4:25 PM, Hendrik Kaiber wrote:
> De Morgan's previous collection, /The Necklace of Princess FIorimonde, /

> will likely be released soon. When it does I would like to start the
> third and last of her books.
>

> This time the collection is called /The Windfairies/, and is also a
> short production.
>
> For the cover I'm thinking of using Fairy Tale <https://www.artic.edu/
> artworks/29728/fairy-land>. Although not an oil painting, I think it

> doesn't look too different from one. Do you agree or should I try to
> find another painting?
>
> Can I produce it?
>

> Transcription <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69875>
> Scans <https://archive.org/details/windfairiesother00demo>
> Repo <https://github.com/HendrikBK/mary-de-morgan_the-windfairies>
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> —Hendrik
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[Hendrik Kaiber]

Vince, can you take a look at the dedication? I'm trying to approximate it to match the scans, but I might have changed too much of the default CSS. Do you have any feedback on it? I'm having trouble aligning the first and fourth lines. Or do you think I should not try to match the original too much?

Also, please confirm whether the cover is appropriate or not, so that I can search for another if needed. Thank you.

—Hendrik

[Vince]

It’s OK, although with the graphic gone, there’s less reason to try to match the formatting. Also note that as discussed in the last review, changes to “standard” CSS should be done outside of the standard CSS.

[Hendrik Kaiber]

I feel a little stupid in asking, but how  would I apply change "outside" the default CSS in this case? In order to apply small caps to the entirety of the dedication I used the section[epub|type~="dedication"] > * selector, and I positioned the text using the section[epub|type~="dedication"] selector, besides the i1 and i2 (since I'm treating this dedication as analogous to poetry). Robin might suggest me to change the exact formatting, of course, but assuming the current one is correct, which change should I make? maybe not change the  section[epub|type~="dedication"] selector? I'm sure this is simple and I just didn't get it, so please correct me.

I'll finish proofreading soon, and then complete the metadata. Is the cover ok?

—Hendrik 

[Vince]

Sorry, Hendrik, I replied about the cover in my head, but obviously not in print. :) I think it looks close enough, but please do a mockup so we can see what the crop you’re using will look like.

Yes, do what needs to be done, but don’t change the standard CSS. The font-variant and text-indent should be in their own selector, something like `[epub|type~=“dedication”]p`. I also believe the issue of using the poetry classes for something other than poetry has come a couple of times, and Alex woud prefer we not (he can correct me if I'm misremembering). You can just target the spans directly, e.g. `p:first-of-type span:nth-of-type(2)`, etc.

[Hendrik Kaiber]

I guess I also sent the mockup in my head. :) What do you think?

I'll fix the CSS to better match your instructions. Maybe we end up no having it so complex, but for now I'll try to match the original.

—Hendrik

[Vince]

The artwork was already in the database; I assigned it to this project.

[Hendrik Kaiber]

I think this is ready for a review, Robin. You'll probably suggest changes to the dedication, hopefully there aren't too many things other than that.

—Hendrik

[Robin Whittleton]

Thanks, will look at this ASAP.

-Robin

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[Robin Whittleton]

A few small issues filed at https://github.com/HendrikBK/mary-de-morgan_the-windfairies/issues/1. As you predicted, I’ve made a suggestion about the dedication: I think we should just center it. It’ll be simpler and more readable.

-Robin

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[Robin Whittleton]

OK, ready for you Alex.

-Robin

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[Alex Cabal]

This ebook was produced by Hendrik Kaiber. Thanks Hendrik!

Ebook URL: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/mary-de-morgan/the-windfairies

GitHub URL: https://github.com/standardebooks/mary-de-morgan_the-windfairies

[Alex Cabal]

OK, looks good! I've released it, thanks!

On 2/20/26 1:08 AM, Robin Whittleton wrote:
> OK, ready for you Alex.
>
> -Robin
>
>> On 19 Feb 2026, at 21:19, Robin Whittleton <ro...@reala.net> wrote:
>>
>> A few small issues filed at https://github.com/HendrikBK/mary-de-

>> morgan_the-windfairies/issues/1 <https://github.com/HendrikBK/mary-de-
>> morgan_the-windfairies/issues/1>. As you predicted, I’ve made a

>> suggestion about the dedication: I think we should just center it.
>> It’ll be simpler and more readable.
>>
>> -Robin
>>
>>> On 18 Feb 2026, at 23:52, Hendrik Kaiber <hendrik....@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I think this is ready for a review, Robin. You'll probably suggest
>>> changes to the dedication, hopefully there aren't too many things
>>> other than that.
>>>
>>> —Hendrik
>>> On Wednesday, February 18, 2026 at 11:49:59 AM UTC-3 Vince wrote:
>>>
>>> The artwork was already in the database; I assigned it to this
>>> project.
>>>
>>>
>>> > On Feb 18, 2026, at 1:26 AM, Hendrik Kaiber
>>> <hendrik....@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > I guess I also sent the mockup in my head. :) What do you think?
>>> >
>>> > I'll fix the CSS to better match your instructions. Maybe we
>>> end up no having it so complex, but for now I'll try to match the
>>> original.
>>> >
>>> > —Hendrik
>>>
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[Hendrik Kaiber]

Nice, this is actually my 30th project.

With this, I believe the entirety of De Morgan's fairy tales are published in the site, you might want to move the spreadsheet.

—Hendrik

[Alex Cabal]

Congratulations! 30 books is quite a lot. Thanks for all of your
excellent contributions!

I've updated the spreadsheets page

On 2/20/26 9:42 AM, Hendrik Kaiber wrote:
> Nice, this is actually my 30th project.
>
> With this, I believe the entirety of De Morgan's fairy tales are
> published in the site, you might want to move the spreadsheet.
>
> —Hendrik
>
> On Friday, February 20, 2026 at 12:03:01 PM UTC-3 Alex Cabal wrote:
>
> OK, looks good! I've released it, thanks!
>
> On 2/20/26 1:08 AM, Robin Whittleton wrote:
> > OK, ready for you Alex.
> >
> > -Robin
> >
> >> On 19 Feb 2026, at 21:19, Robin Whittleton <ro...@reala.net> wrote:
> >>
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