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Review “Pyle was one of the late nineteenth century writers who helped invent the fairy tale novel.” ―Jane Yolen From the Back Cover "Pyle was one of the late nineteenth century writers who helped invent the fairy tale novel." ―Jane Yolen Famous and influential as a preeminent illustrator, Howard Pyle was also a gifted writer beloved by millions ― young and old ― for his endearing and enchanting fairy tales. The Wonder Clock is a delightful, magical collection of whimsical stories: twenty-four stories for twenty-four hours. And each a timeless masterpiece. Peopled with jolly kings and queens, lovely princesses and evil witches, sly foxes and mischievous ravens, ogres and giants, dashing princes and nasty dragons, these are old fashioned fairly tales in the best and most beautiful sense that can be enjoyed by readers of any age. This edition also includes Pyle's dazzling illustrations.

A Legacy Library Facsimile of the 1895 edition. A facsimile copy of an edition of Shakespeare's play, first published by J.M. Dent & Co., Aldine House, London in 1895. With beautifully fanciful drawings by Robert Anning Bell reproduced in red and black, and a long introduction by Israel Gollancz, well known nineteenth-century Shakespearean scholar, in which he explains the play to a young friend. liv, 128 pages. cloth, dust jacket.. small 8vo..