Old Wives Tales

« But do not despise the lore that has come down from distant years » CELEBORN

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The Wise Grey Cat by Caroline Hofman

Published by P. F. Volland Company

New York, Chicago, Toronto

1918

Illustrated by Rachael Robinson Elmer

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The Invisible Prince and Other Stories

from the Fairy Book edited by Andrew Lang

Longmans, Green, and Co

1910

Illustrator : H. J. Ford

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Tom Thumb, and other old time fairy tales

Chicago, New York

Rand McNally Company

.c. 1931

Illustration by Margaret Evans Price

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Ramayana The Great Epic of India Told to Children

by Dorothy Armstrong (adapter and illustrator)

London

1930

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« The waves tossing surf in the moonbeam » (from ‘The Truants’)

Source : Sotheby’s

Artist : William Heath Robinson

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The Sleeping Warrior

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Faun und Nymphe, “Frühling”.1897. Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Oktober 1897- März 1898.

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Elf boy by the Yule Goat

Artist : John Bauer

1916

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“I heard a bird sing in the dark of December. A magical thing. And sweet to remember. We are nearer to Spring than we were in September. I heard a bird sing in the dark of December.” ― Oliver Herford

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Artful anticks

by Oliver Herford

New York, the Century Co.

1894

The Naughty Fay

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La Belle Dame Sans Merci.1905.

Art by Rose O’Neill.(1874-1944).

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The Fairies

Artist : Brian Froud

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Artist : John Bauer

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Artist : Nicolaes de Bruyn (1571-1656)

Source : Museum Lovers

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Mermaids

Artist : Johannes Josephus Aarts (1871-1934)

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Mystic Figure.1899. Charcoal and gouache on paper. 71.1 x 48.8 cm.

Art by Alfons Mucha.(1860-1939).

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The Guardian Angel

Artist : William A. Breakspeare (1856-1914)