Thursday, November 14, 2013

"My Lad!" She Whispered, "I'm So Tired–So Tired!" (1910)

Stephen Chalmers. When Love Calls Men to Arms:  An Autobiography of Love and Adventure, Truthfully Set Down by Rorie MacClean, Laird of Kilellan, in the 17th Century, and Here Rewritten from the Original MS. into Clearer English. Illustration by Howard Chandler Christy. (Boston: Small, Maynard, & Company, 1910).

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Possible I May Miss You a Little Wee (1869)

Neslie Brook. "Hettie Deane's Flirtation." Illustration by W.R. Buckman. Golden Arrows: being an extra part of The Quiver for Christmas 1869.  

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Monday, November 11, 2013

"And You Love Me," Said She (1862)

"The Small House at Allington. Chapter IV. Mrs. Roper's Boarding House." The Cornhill Magazine 6. (October 1862).

Friday, November 8, 2013

The Shadowy Past Give Up Its Dead (1867)

W.M. Stathum. "Found." Illustrated by M. Ellen Edwards. The Quiver 2. (January 19, 1867).

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Then He Lowered Her Until Her Hand Touched the Fence (1910)

Robert Alexander Wason. The Steering Wheel. Illustrated by Paul J. Meylan. (New York: Grossett and Dunlap, 1910).

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Suddenly She Reached for the Wounded Hand, Raised It Gently, and Touched It to Her Lips (1918)

Henry Kitchell Webster. "The White Arc." Illustrated by Percy E. Cowen. Everybody's Magazine 38. (February 1918).

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

I Don't Think I Can Dance (1893)

E.F. Benson. "The Story of a Mazurka." Illustrated by Gordon Browne. The English Illustrated Magazine 11. (1893).

Monday, November 4, 2013

The Man of Letters (1815)

"The Man of Letters." Engraving by J. Fittler. The Entertaining Magazine, or Repository of General Knowledge for the Year 1815: Containing Biography, Manners and Customs of Foreign Nations, Essays, Tales, Adventures, Poetry, Astronomy, Foreign and Domestic Occurences, etc. etc. By the Most Celebrated Modern Authors III. (January 1815).

Friday, November 1, 2013

I Thought I Should Find You Here (1893)

Joseph Percival Pollard. "Daughter of Chicago." Belford's Monthly 10. (March 1893).