THE CUCKOO CLOCK by MRS. MOLESWORTH with Illustrations by MARIA L. KIRK

 

Maria Louise Kirk (21 June 1860 – 21 June 1938), usually credited as M. L. Kirk or Maria L. Kirk, was an American painter and illustrator of more than fifty books, most of them for children.

Her notable work includes illustrations for a US edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in 1904, for the first edition of The Secret Garden, and for several books by L. M. Montgomery and Johanna Spyri. 

 

 

A Little Girl  Danced into the Room (Frontispiece)

 

I. The Old House

"Have you got a cuckoo in a cage?"

 

 

IMPATIENT GRISELDA

 

 

OBEYING ORDERS

She could not help very softly clapping her hands.
 

 

THE COUNTRY OF THE NODDING MANDARINS

 

"Are you comfortable?" inquired the cuckoo

 

He flapped his wings, and a palanquin appeared at the foot of the steps.

 

BUTTERFLY-LAND

She peered in with great satisfaction.

 

MASTER PHIL

"But I may see you again," said phil.

 

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOON

It was rowed by a little figure.