PREFATORY NOTE.
THE stories and illustrations in
this book originally appeared in " Little Folks " between 1896
and 1902, during which period most of the numbers of the magazine contained some
of my drawings.
Many of the drawings so appearing have
already been republished in book form included, often, in volumes
containing illustrations by other hands.
The publishers have felt that some of
those drawings that have not hitherto been republished are worthy
of a longer life and a better presentation than was possible in the
magazine, and they have
collected these in the present book with
the stories they were designed to illustrate.
I have been glad to assist in the selection
of the drawings included in this volume.
ARTHUR RACKHAM.
Hampstead, May, 1907
Frontispiece
I want none of your leaping and dancing now...
MAKER OF GHOSTS AND MAKER OF SHADOWS
by A.E. Bonser
THE MINES OF EXPERIENCE
by A.E. Bonser
HARRY AND HERODOTUS; OR, TALES OF AN OLD TRAVELLER
by B. Sidney Woolf
"ALL through Egypt every man burns a lamp."
"Special food was prepared for him."
"Then was the thief's opportunity."
"A swarm of field-mice gnawed the quivers and bow-strings."
"Cambyses and the Arabian king pledged faith with each other."
"Cambyses was greatly delighted at this, but his sister burst into tears."
THE STORIES OF BEN THE SAILORMAN
"The pirates shaded their squinny eyes."
"The first monkey dipped the can into the oil, and passed it to the next, and..."
"...so up to yours truly, -a squatting on the bowsprit."
Don't you see the blue smoke a-rising from it?
"We landed the pirates."
"Itv was a-drawing on the chalk."
"The other walks in front with a bell in one hand."
STORIES FROM THE EDDA
"Sigurd pierced him with his sword, and he died."
"Once again the buzzing fly came in at the window."
"He raised his hammer with a mighty swing."
"Hymir rushed forward and cut through the line."
"There broke forth a wailing and a lamentation."
"Held a cup to catch the venomous drops."
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