Part 1
ÆGLE AND THE ELF.
A FANTASY.
BY M. B. M. TOLAND, AUTHOR OF “SIR RAE,” “IRIS,” “ONTI ORA,” “THE INCA PRINCESS,” ETC.
ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAVURES OF ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY EMINENT ARTISTS.
PHILADELPHIA: J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. LONDON: 10 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1887.
COPYRIGHT, 1886, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.
THE NYMPH’S CAVERNED CELL _Frontispiece._
_Modelled by Theodor Baur._
THE MOONBEAMS WERE LIGHTING THE WATERY WAY PAGE 13
_Drawn by Wm. St. John Harper._
THE LOVELY YOUNG NAIADS WERE SWAYING THE TREE 17
_Drawn by H. Siddons Mowbray._
WHEN LO! A FAIR VISION AROSE ON THE TIDE 21
_Drawn by F. S. Church._
SURPRISING A YOUNG WOODLAND ELF 25
_Drawn by F. S. Church._
ON A TREE-TOP HE SAT, WITH A QUIZZICAL FACE 29
_Drawn by W. Hamilton Gibson._
SEEMED WAVING HER FORM FROM HIS SIGHT 33
_Drawn by Wm. St. John Harper._
THREE LOVELY YOUNG NAIADS AROSE ON THE TIDE 37
_Drawn by S. W. Van Schaick._
HE BLINDLY PLUNGED INTO THE TIDE 41
_Drawn by H. Siddons Mowbray._
THE NAIADS HAD VANISHED LIKE FLASHES OF LIGHT 45
_Drawn by Jessie Shepherd._
“YOUNG ELFIN, THYSELF IN THY ELEMENT KEEP!” 49
_Drawn by Jessie Shepherd._
ALL DRIPPING AND SKIPPING HE O’ER THE BANK SPED 53
_Drawn by W. Hamilton Gibson._
I SUDDENLY WOKE FROM MY NAP BY THE STREAM 57
_Drawn by Wm. St. John Harper._
DECORATIVE DESIGNS.
_Drawn by René T. Quelin._