(_By permission of Mr. Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici Society_)] [Illustration: F. L. GRIGGS “THE SINUOUS PATHS OF LAWN AND MOSS.” FROM, “THE SENSITIVE PLANT” (JOHN LANE)] [Illustration: F. L. GRIGGS “FOR WINTER CAME.” FROM “THE SENSITIVE PLANT” (JOHN LANE)] [Illustration: F. L. GRIGGS ILLUSTRATION FOR “THE CHRONICLES OF A CORNISH GARDEN” (JOHN LANE)] [Illustration: F. L. GRIGGS ILLUSTRATION FOR “THE CHRONICLES OF A CORNISH GARDEN” (JOHN LANE)] [Illustration: W. LEE HANKEY, R.E. ILLUSTRATION FOR “THE DESERTED VILLAGE” (CONSTABLE AND CO.)] [Illustration: W. LEE HANKEY, R.E. ILLUSTRATION FOR “THE DESERTED VILLAGE” (CONSTABLE AND CO.)] [Illustration: W. LEE HANKEY, R.E. ILLUSTRATION FOR “THE DESERTED VILLAGE” (CONSTABLE AND CO.)] [Illustration: JOHN HARGRAVE “THE MERCHANT AND HIS OIL-SKIN.” FROM “BLACK TALES FOR WHITE CHILDREN” (CONSTABLE AND CO.)] [Illustration: JOHN HARGRAVE “AT LAST THEY MET AN OLD WOMAN, BENT WITH THE WEIGHT OF MANY YEARS.” FROM “BLACK TALES FOR WHITE CHILDREN” (CONSTABLE AND CO.)] [Illustration: KEITH HENDERSON “BEHEMOTH IN HELL.” FROM “THE OPEN WINDOW” (CHATTO AND WINDUS) (_From the original drawing in the possession of Geoffrey Whitworth, Esq._)] [Illustration: VERNON HILL “TRUE THOMAS.” FROM “BALLADS WEIRD AND WONDERFUL” (JOHN LANE)] [Illustration: VERNON HILL ILLUSTRATION FROM “THE ARCADIAN CALENDAR” (JOHN LANE)] [Illustration: W. T. HORTON “THE LAKE”] [Illustration: W. T. HORTON “THE MOSQUE”] [Illustration: W. T. HORTON “FROM THE TERRACE”] [Illustration: A. GARTH JONES “ZEPHYR WITH AURORA PLAYING, AS HE MET HER ONCE A-MAYING.” FROM “THE MINOR POEMS OF JOHN MILTON” (GEORGE BELL AND SONS)] [Illustration: A. GARTH JONES “THERE IN CLOSE COVERT BY SOME BROOK, WHERE NO PROFANER EYE MAY LOOK” FROM “THE MINOR POEMS OF JOHN MILTON” (GEORGE BELL AND SONS)] [Illustration: SYDNEY R. JONES “BAKEWELL, DERBYSHIRE.” FROM “OLD ENGLISH COUNTRY COTTAGES” (“THE STUDIO” SPECIAL WINTER NUMBER, 1906-7)] [Illustration: SYDNEY R. JONES “KNARESBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE.” FROM “THE VILLAGE HOMES OF ENGLAND” (“THE STUDIO” SPECIAL SPRING NUMBER, 1912)] [Illustration: SYDNEY R. JONES “NIJMEGEN, GELDERLAND.” FROM “OLD HOUSES IN HOLLAND” (“THE STUDIO” SPECIAL SPRING NUMBER, 1913)] [Illustration: JESSIE M. KING ILLUSTRATION FOR “AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE”] [Illustration: JESSIE M. KING ILLUSTRATION FOR “THE ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE” (T. N. FOULIS)] [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration: JESSIE M. KING ILLUSTRATION FOR “THE HIGH HISTORY OF THE HOLY GRAAL” (J. M. DENT AND SONS)] [Illustration: DONALD MAXWELL “THE WEAVERS, CANTERBURY.” FROM “ADVENTURES WITH A SKETCH BOOK” (JOHN LANE)] [Illustration: GERALD METCALFE “ALONE, ALONE, ALL, ALL ALONE, ALONE ON A WIDE WIDE SEA!” FROM “THE POEMS OF COLERIDGE” (JOHN LANE)] [Illustration: GERALD METCALFE “EVEN ON THE COLD GRAVE LIGHTS THE CHERUB HOPE!” FROM “THE POEMS OF COLERIDGE” (JOHN LANE)] [Illustration: GERALD METCALFE