Transcriber's Notes: Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Small Cap text has been converted to ALL CAPS. ".." has been normalized to "." Original spellings have been retained. The oe ligature has been denoted simply by oe. * * * * * PYGMALION AND THE IMAGE [Illustration: _William Morris_ _From the painting by G. F. Watts. R.A._] [Illustration] [Illustration] PYGMALION AND THE IMAGE BY WILLIAM MORRIS ILLVSTRATED WITH PICTVRES BY SIR EDWARD BVRNE-JONES [Illustration] NEW YORK R·H·RVSSELL PVBLISHER MCMIII _Copyright, 1903_ _By_ ROBERT HOWARD RUSSELL _Published October, 1903_ LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS BY SIR EDWARD BURNE-JONES, BART. _Portrait of William Morris_ Frontispiece _From the painting by G. F. Watts, R.A._ _The Heart Desires_ PAGE 8 _The Hand Refrains_ " 16 _The Godhead Fires_ " 24 _The Soul Attains_ " 32 [Illustration: W]ith the exception of "The Doom of King Acrisius," "Pygmalion and the Image" is the only poem of _The Earthly Paradise_ for the illustration of which Burne-Jones actually executed a complete series of pictures; and though the finished paintings are but four in number, and the original designs, made in 1866-1867, were twelve, the numerically smaller set is complete in the best sense, since not only does it illustrate fully the text and spirit of Morris's poem, but each picture in it, though finished with the loving care and elaboration which Burne-Jones lavished on his paintings, fails of its full significance unless considered in its relation to the series of which it forms a part.