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Boy Fairy Resting on a Flower

An end-of-chapter tailpiece showing a small nude boy laying on a sunflower, and holding a daisy in one hand; his feet rest on another daisy. I think he is meant to be a [...] [more...] [$]

Artistic Cats

Three groups of cats are in this engraving. THe left-most pair are wearing human clothing and standing upright. In the centre, one cat is dressed as an artist, and is using a paintbrush and pallette, painting the stripes onto the other cat. The right-most cat is admiring itself in the mirror. One could read this as a story: the cat on the left being [...] [more...] [$]

Hark! the sea is crying to me in pain!

Thus the two lived on, each for the other, in one long summertime, lit by their great love. The nights grew long; day after day the sea fought fiercely with the cruel winds that broke its rest. and the frost grew keen, yet [...] [more...] [$]

A Fair Reader

A Fair Reader—perhaps a somewhat sexist caption by today’s standards! A lady, presumably fair or beautiful, is sitting at a desk holding an open book, reading; other books lie on the desk in [...] [more...] [$]

Atalanta Scholarship and Reading Union

This chapter head illustration features a central shield in a scrollwork cartouche bearing the title. On the left a woman gives succor to a youth or maid in distress, a scene in a rainstorm in a forest; on the right in the same forest an older woman sits with apples in her lap and a knife to pare or peel them in her hand; she gives the fruit to three barefoot children around her. Beneath, a small girl pours liquid (presumably water) from a ewer onto the ground, watering a plant, while an infant boy, naked, looks on. A scroll near the top bears the Latin phrase Qui serat scientam fructus juis capiet (those who sow knowledge capture its fruit)

Underneath is printed a quotation:

The quote is attributed to Waltar Savage Landor and comes from “Imaginary Conversations” between Lord Bacon and Richard Hooker.

The illustration is signed W. Parkinson.

Atalanta Magazine was aimed at girls, and ran a competition each year. The first prize in the 1887/1888 competition was an annual scholarship worth £30 for three years, won by [more...] [$]