“REJOICING IN THE CAPTIVITY OF A SUIT OF CLOTHES STUFFED WITH HAY” FROM “THE ESSAYS OF DOUGLAS JERROLD” (J. M. DENT AND SONS)] [Illustration: H. M. BROCK, R.I. “THE OLD MAN AT THE GATE.” FROM “THE ESSAYS OF DOUGLAS JERROLD” (J. M. DENT AND SONS)] [Illustration: RENÉ BULL “THE SULTAN RECEIVED HIM WITH JOY.” FROM “THE ARABIAN NIGHTS” (CONSTABLE AND CO.)] [Illustration: RENÉ BULL “HOLDING IN HIS HAND A FINE FISH.” FROM “THE ARABIAN NIGHTS” (CONSTABLE AND CO.)] [Illustration: RENÉ BULL “HE TOOK A KNIFE AND OPENED IT.” FROM “THE ARABIAN NIGHTS” (CONSTABLE AND CO.)] [Illustration: RENÉ BULL “WE SHALL ALL PERISH.” FROM “THE ARABIAN NIGHTS” (CONSTABLE AND CO.)] [Illustration: DION CLAYTON CALTHROP “THE SATYR.” FROM “PSYCHE” (ALSTON RIVERS)] [Illustration: DION CLAYTON CALTHROP “THE HOMES OF THE FOUR WINDS.” FROM “THE GUIDE TO FAIRYLAND” (ALSTON RIVERS)] [Illustration: DION CLAYTON CALTHROP “THE PRINCESS AND THE SUITORS.” FROM “THE GUIDE TO FAIRYLAND” (ALSTON RIVERS)] [Illustration: D. Y. CAMERON, A.R.A., A.R.S.A., A.R.W.S. “WHOSE FIELDS HE TILLED.” FROM “THE TOMB OF BURNS” (JOHN LANE)] [Illustration: D. Y. CAMERON, A.R.A., A.R.S.A., A.R.W.S. “WHERE EVENING TOUCHES GLEN AND BRAE WITH ROSY GLOOM” FROM “THE TOMB OF BURNS” (JOHN LANE)] [Illustration: JOHN P. CAMPBELL “THE MEETING OF MÌDIR AND ETAIN.” FROM “CELTIC ROMANCES”] [Illustration: JOHN P. CAMPBELL “SABA APPEARS TO FINN.” FROM “CELTIC ROMANCES”] [Illustration: JOHN P. CAMPBELL “FINN DECLARES HIS LINKAGE TO KING CONNOR.” FROM “CELTIC ROMANCES”] [Illustration: HARRY CLARKE “AH! WELL A-DAY! WHAT EVIL LOOKS HAD I FROM OLD AND YOUNG! INSTEAD OF THE CROSS, THE ALBATROSS ABOUT MY NECK WAS HUNG!” FROM “THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER” (MAUNSEL AND CO.)] [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration: HARRY CLARKE “THE SOULS DID FROM THEIR BODIES FLY,--THEY FLED TO BLISS OR WOE! AND EVERY SOUL, IT PASSED ME BY, LIKE THE WHIZZ OF MY CROSS-BOW!” FROM “THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER” (MAUNSEL AND CO.)] [Illustration: WALTER CRANE, R.W.S. ILLUSTRATION FOR “GRIMM’S HOUSEHOLD STORIES” (MACMILLAN AND CO.)] [Illustration: WALTER CRANE, R.W.S. ILLUSTRATION FOR “GRIMM’S HOUSEHOLD STORIES” (MACMILLAN AND CO.)] [Illustration: WALTER CRANE, R.W.S. ILLUSTRATION FOR “THE TEMPEST” (J. M. DENT AND SONS)] [Illustration: EDMUND DULAC ILLUSTRATION FOR “PRINCESS BADOURA” (_By permission of the Publishers, Messrs. Hodder & Stoughton_)] [Illustration: EDMUND DULAC “THE CITY IN THE SEA”] [Illustration: “THE BELLS” ILLUSTRATIONS FOR “THE POEMS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE” (HODDER AND STOUGHTON)] [Illustration: BEATRICE ELVERY “‘I AM THE CANDLE-HOLDER OF THE KING.’” FROM “HEROES OF THE DAWN” (MAUNSEL AND CO.)] [Illustration: BEATRICE ELVERY “A DEEP CLEAR SPRING OF RUNNING WATER BUBBLED.” FROM “HEROES OF THE DAWN” (MAUNSEL AND CO.)] [Illustration: W. RUSSELL FLINT, A.R.W.S. “THEY TOOK THE BOUGH AND CAME TO IOLCOS.” FROM “THE HEROES”