Davy and the Goblin

'Davy and the Goblin' is a fantasy genre novel by Charles E. Carryl that was serialized in St. Nicholas magazine from December 1884 to March 1885, before being published in 1885. The story is about eight-year-old Davy who reads Lewis Carroll's classic novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland next to the fireplace, when he begins to get sleepy. A Goblin appears in the fire, munching coals, and takes Davy on a "believing voyage" where he meets a variety of characters from fantasy and literature.