Tales from the Enchanted Isles by Ethel May Gate. Yale University Press 1926.
To read this book feels like stepping straight into a dream. A wonderful experience from the stories by Ethel May Gate and the illustrations by Dorothy P. Lathrop. Her intricate, art-déco-inspired style brings these mythical worlds to life in a mesmerizing way.
Swipe through to see some of my favorite pages and snippets from the book:

🌊 The Sea King's daughter ordering a new marble palace from her nautilus shell.

🐉 Two massive, beautifully textured dragons learning to dance to a flute melody.

🧜‍♀️ Mermaidens rescuing a king from dramatic, swirling stormy waves.

🗺️ A glimpse into The Enchanted Galleon where a magical miniature ship grows into a stately vessel on a hidden lake surrounded by glowing, jewel-like palaces.

⚓ A king's quest toward the Enchanted Isles, warned by a priest to go warily and, above all else, ”shun the Isle of Forgetfulness”.

They seldom make children's books like this anymore. Which illustration or story snippet sparks your imagination the most?

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Ex Libris: A Latin mark meaning "From the books of..."

In antiquarian fairy tales, these plates add a personal layer of history. They bridge the gap between the fantastic worlds inside the pages and the real people who once held and cherished them.

Here is a glimpse into some provenance of my collection.

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The Blue Bird by Maurice Maeterlinck

L'Oiseau bleu, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. Illustrations by F. Cayley Robinson. Methuen & Co. Ltd. Edition de Luxe 1911.

The play premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1908, directed by the Konstantin Stanislavski, and was presented on Broadway in 1910. Maeterlinck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911.

Tyltyl and Mytyl, two poor children, are visited by a fairy. She gives them a mission to seek out the Blue Bird of Happiness. To aid them, they receive a hat with a diamond that allows them to see the true souls of all things. The the stones in the house walls become gemstones: ”All stones are valuable, if one only sees it”.
Their dog and cat can speak and are happy to be understood by the children. The water takes on a shimmering form, the fire sweeps around. The bread comes to life and the numbers dance out of the clock. Light is a beautiful being, appointed to be the children’s guide in their quest.

First, they search in the Garden of Memory, where they meet their deceased grandparents and the siblings lost in infancy.

They continue to the Palace of Night, with its dark halls of sickness, war, terror, and horrors.

Then they come to the Forest and meet the trees, who express grief over humankind evil.

Next they discover the Garden of Temporary Luxuries, where they also finds the Cave of Misery.

In the Kingdom of the Future, they meet Father Time and all the unborn children occupied developing their special talents.

But the Blue Bird continues to elude them. The children are tired and long for their parents. So they return home, accepting that they have failed to complete their quest.

But then they discover that their own grey dove - has turned blue 💙.

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✍️¿Quieres escribir narrativa, poesía o no ficción pero no sabes ni por dónde empezar? ¿Tienes una idea brutal para una novela pero no te ves capaz de desarrollarla? ¿Te parecen muy de marketing de ventas estas preguntas de mierda?

📖Pues no esperes más y hazte ya con «Tú puedes ser escritor. Cómo publicar tres libros al año y no morir en el intento». Es la guía definitiva con el método revolucionario para escribir narrativa, poesía y lo que te dé la gana. Nada se te resistirá.

💡¿Cómo crees que he escrito yo tantos libros? Te enseño mi increíble técnica en este pedazo de libro que encontrarás en papel en Amaz0n y en digital al precio que quieras en mi web.

🙏Porque las cosas buenas hay que compartirlas. Y, en todo, amar y servir, como diría San Ignacio.

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Finished this one today. One of those books you have to read with a deliberate thought. Because of it this was a slow read at first but I gained some momentum after I got into the subject matter. Not an easy read by any means and as such i'd rate this 3/5 but for a history buff and for someone willing to spend time and thought 4/5.

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Stories for €1.50: A Market of Imagination

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I’ve been going through a lot mentally lately, so much tension about the future, my career, and what to do. But today feels a little lighter. I finished this book of stories by Nirmal Verma, and the last story took me by surprise, it’s set in my hometown, Ranikhet, something I had no idea about before. I don’t know why, but reading it filled me with such a deep sense of joy. The places mentioned in the story are so familiar, so closely tied to my childhood. It’s a sweet, nostalgic feeling, and I just want to sit with it, to let it wash over me. The future can wait for another day.

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