THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER by MARK TWAIN With Illustrations by N.C. WYETH

Newell Convers Wyeth, bekannt als N. C. Wyeth (* 22. Oktober 1882 in Needham, Massachusetts; † 19. Oktober 1945 in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania) war ein US-amerikanischer Maler und berühmter Illustrator des 20. Jahrhunderts.(Wikipedia)

Self-portrait with palette

ESELDORF WAS A PARADISE FOR US BOYS

THE LIGHTNING BLAZED OUT FLASH UPON FLASH AND SET THE CASTLE ON FIRE

ON THE FOURTH DAY COMES THE ASTROLOGER FROM  HIS CRUMBLING OLD TOWER

MARGET WAS CHEERFUL BY HELP OF WILHELM MEIDLING

THE ASTROLOGER EMPTIED THE WHOLE OF THE BOWLE INTO THE BOTTLE

THERE WAS A TRAMPING OUTSIDE AND THE CROWD CAME SOLEMNLY IN

"LIFE ITSELF IS ONLY A VISION, A DREAM"