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The Dwarf Beth-Gimel and his Guests [from the Boston Commonwealth]

Wisp, Willy. "The Dwarf Beth-Gimel and his Guests [from the Boston Commonwealth]." New-York Saturday Press. 17 Mar. 1866: 3.
Type: 
newspaper
Genre: 
short fiction
Abstract: 

A different explanation of the evolution of species is presented in this story. A dwarf possesses a magical lamp which he uses to alter animals. Unfortunately, a great tempest destroys the castle the animals and dwarf are in, crushing the lamp and killing the dwarf. The animals are left in their altered state forever.