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Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by Walter Evans-Wentz, who was a fascinating character in his own right.
Examines the beliefs in the Celtic regions of Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Isle of Man, Cornwall and Britanny in regards to the fey at the very beginning of the 20th c.
Here's the table of contents:http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/ffcc/
The book is widely available online: the amazon cite includes a free version on kindle, project gutenberg also has it online.
It's a classic.
If you want a compendium of little people, fairies, gnomes etc. A Field Guide to the Little People is wonderful.
Katharine Brigg's An Encyclopedia of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, & Other Supernatural Creatures is another classic.
You must read at least one of R.J. Stewart's books on the subject of faery healing.
Possibly https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Fairies-Hobgoblins-Supernatural-Creatures/dp/039473467X or https://www.amazon.com/Irish-Fairy-Alfred-Perceval-Graves/dp/1596050470/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Or this one?
https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Fairies-Hobgoblins-Supernatural-Creatures/dp/039473467X
Growing up, not having my reading material screened by parental units, I found this book to be a fairly decent "go to" for concise descriptions of a wide variety of topics on this subject: http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Fairies-Hobgoblins-Supernatural-Creatures/dp/039473467X
I've enjoyed thumbing through An Encyclopedia of Fairies for ideas for my world that uses a mix of Celtic and Christian mythology(possibly some Norse later).
This encyclopedia of spirits interested me, but I didn't end up grabbing it because it also focuses on using these spirits and like to do spells and that wasn't what I was interested in.
Frankly, finding any book that compiles legends together will give monsters. For my the afore mentioned world I'm using The Mammoth Book of Celtic Myths and Legends to learn about Celtic mythology and it's creatures.
/r/mythology might also be helpful to ask as it's a subreddit about such things.
This book may help! I haven't personally read it, but I keep seeing it being referenced in a lot of pagan books I've read. https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Fairies-Hobgoblins-Supernatural-Creatures/dp/039473467X