This short story by Heinrich Heine appeared in The Papyrus, A Magazine of Individuality in November 1907. I have OCR’d the text and hope you enjoy this fabulous tale.
Category: Books
The Shepheard’s Calender by Edmund Spenser
Above is one of the books in my collection. This edition is illustrated by Walter Crane, whose illustrations I adore, includes lots of satyrs. ABOUT THIS BOOK The Shepheardes Calender was Edmund Spenser’s first major poetic work, published in 1579. In emulation of Virgil’s first work, the Eclogues, Spenser wrote this series of pastorals at the commencement of his career. However,…
Sartor Resartus by Thomas Carlyle
Sartor Resartus (meaning ‘The tailor re-tailored’) is an 1836 novel by Thomas Carlyle, first published as a serial in Fraser’s Magazine in November 1833–August 1834. The novel purports to be a commentary on the thought and early life of a German philosopher called Diogenes Teufelsdröckh (which translates as ‘god-born devil-dung’), author of a tome entitled…
Gott und Welt, Albrecht Dürer
Gott und Welt. Randzeichnungen aus dem Gebetbuche des Kaiser Maximilian von Albrecht Dürer. Mit der ausführlichen Besprechung von J. W. v. Goethe. (God and the World. Outline drawings from the prayer book of Emperor Maximilian von Albrecht Dürer. With the detailed discussion of J. W. v. Goethe.) ILLUSTRATED COLLECTIBLE GERMAN LANGUAGE Publisher: Fritz Heyder, Berlin Copyright: 1909-10
Baby’s Own Aesop, Illustrated by Walter Crane
Baby’s own Aesop, written and illustrated by Walter Crane. Publisher: Frederick Warne & Company, Ltd., London, 1890 Illustrated with color printed wood engravings. Walter Crane did the illustrations. The engraving and printing were done by Edmund Evans. At the age of 14, Walter Crane apprenticed under W. J. Lingon and learned how to draw on…
Pan’s Pipes by Robert Louis Stevenson
[Excerpt from Pan’s Pipes by Robert Louis Stevenson, Published in 1910] The Greeks figured Pan, the god of Nature, now terribly stamping his foot, so that armies were dispersed; now by the woodside on a summer noon trolling on his pipe until he charmed the hearts of upland ploughmen. And the Greeks, in so figuring,…
16 Satyr Ex-libris Stamps
A bookplate (or book-plate, as it was commonly styled until the early 20th century), also known as ex-librīs (Latin for “from the books (or library) of”), is usually a small printed or decorative label pasted into a book, often on the front endpaper, to indicate ownership. Simple typographical bookplates are termed “book labels”. Bookplates typically bear a name, motto, device (coat-of-arms), crest, badge, or another motif…
The Faun and the Woodcutter’s Daughter Barbara Leonie Picard
This is one of the most beautiful and lyrical books of original fairy tales I’ve ever read. A companion volume to the exceptional The Lady and the Linden Tree (1962), [The Faun and the Woodcutter’s Daughter] illustrates once again [Barbara Leonie Picard’s] knack of wrapping new story fabric around traditional material. The fourteen fairy tales…
The Crock of Gold
The Crock of Gold is a comic novel written by Irish author James Stephens and first published in 1912. A mixture of philosophy, Irish folklore and the “battle of the sexes”, it consists of six books, Book 1 – The Coming of Pan, Book 2 – The Philosophers Journey, Book 3 – The Two Gods, Book 4 – The Philosophers Return, Book 5 – The Policemen,…
Frisky Satyr 