A Page from the Gutenberg Bible (Mayence, 1455) 4 A Page from the Coverdale Bible, being the First Complete English Bible 14 Chandos' Portrait of Shakespeare 16 Shakespeare's Birthplace at Stratford-on-Avon before the Restoration 22 The Anne Hathaway Cottage 22 Bust of Homer in the Museum of Naples 32 Portrait of Virgil, taken from a Bust by L. P. Boitard 34 Plato, after an Antique Bust 36 Edmund Dulac's Conception of Queen Scheherezade, who told the "Arabian Nights" Tales 40 The Jinnee and the Merchant--A Vignette Woodcut by William Harvey 42 Portrait of St. Augustine by the Famous Florentine Painter, Sandro Botticelli 50 A Page from St. Augustine's "La Cite de Dieu" 54 Portrait of Cervantes, from an Old Steel Engraving 58 Don Quixote Discoursing to Sancho Panza 62 Thomas a Kempis, the Frontispiece of an Edition of "The Imitation of Christ" 64 The Best-Known Portrait of Edward FitzGerald, Immortalized by his Version of the "Ruba'iyat" 74 A Page from an Ancient Persian Manuscript Copy of the "Ruba'iyat" with Miniatures in Color 78 One of the Gilbert James Illustrations of the "Ruba'iyat" 80 Portrait of Dante, by Giotto di Bondone 84 Page from "Dante's Inferno," printed by Nicolo Lorenzo near the Close of the Fifteenth Century 88 Portrait of Milton, after the Original Crayon Drawing from Life by William Faithorne, at Bayfordbury, Herts 100 Milton Dictating to his Daughters--After an Engraving by W. C. Edwards, from the Famous Painting by Romney 104 Portrait of John Bunyan, after the Oil Painting by Sadler 108 Facsimile of the Title Page of the First Edition of "The Pilgrim's Progress" 112 Portrait of Dr. Johnson, from the Original Picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds, owned by Boswell 116 Portrait of James Boswell, after a Painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds--Engraved by E. Finden 118 Facsimile of the Title Page of the First Edition of Boswell's "Life of Samuel Johnson" 120 Painting by Eyre Crowe of Dr. Johnson, Boswell and Goldsmith at the Mitre Tavern, Fleet Street 122