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This version of Henry James’ An International Episode, published in 1892, contains 30 illustrations, drawn by Harry McVickar. One of these illustrations appears at the very start of the book, before any of the chapters. This particular illustration…

In this book, McVickar, who is the illustrator of An International Episode, is now the writer and illustrator of his own book. The first illustration provides a preview of what is to come, and appears on the contents page. It shows a man dressed for…

Harry McVickar drew 30 illustrations for the second edition of An International Episode, published in 1892. Of those images, 12 depict women and 13 depict men. What stands out the most is the difference in body language between McVickar’s portrayal…

"Crying for John Lennon" is an original song dedicated to the memory of John Lennon and the vision of peace he imparted on the world. It was used in the documentary "Strawberry Fields"

This is a very simple illustration from "Life's Little Ironies." I thought this illustration was interesting due to its simplicity, and the fact that it only illustrates the characters and what they are standing on, and does not show any of the…

This is the first page of "On the Western Circuit" when it was published in a magazine. I thought this was very interesting because of the top mural and the ornamented "T" that begins the story. Much like Darby's item from earlier this week with the…

This is an image of the title page of the title page in the first edition of Hardy's "Life's Little Ironies," which is the collection of short stories that "On the Western Circuit" was originally published in. I thought this image was interesting…

This is a description of the back cover of Thomas Hardy's collection of "A Changed Man and Other Tales." In the first paragraph of the description, it speaks about the history of Thomas Hardy's short stories and everything that the collection…

This is the Table of Contents in Thomas Hardy's collection, A Changed Man and Other Tales. It is interesting to look at the table of contents and see how he decided to place all of the short stories within the collection because it is likely that…

This is an image of what the cover of "Alicia's Diary," by Thomas Hardy looks like. This image of the cover has a somewhat older looking feel to it with the border surrounding the words on the page and the older and more worn out looking color of the…