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Studying Art Abroad, and How to do it Cheaply
This book about how to study art abroad is written by May Alcott Nieriker, presumably the same May Alcott that illustrated the original Little Women. It is interesting that May Alcott writes this book because it points to the similarities between the…
Little Women, Part First
This first edition of part one of Luisa May Alcott’s novel Little Women, published in 1869, is illustrated by May Alcott, just like the second part from Manhattan College’s Fales Collection. The edition contains four illustrations: one of the…
Ouija Board: Automatic Writing in My Tussle With the Devil
According to A.H. Pratt, the author who channeled O.Henry's Ghost to write My Tussle With the Devil, he was able to channel the dead man with the help of a ouija board. While there are no ouija boards illustrated throughout the text, a mental image…
The Little Prince Boa Drawing Tattoo
This is an image of a tattoo. Many literary adept people will see this image and instantly recognize the famous boa constrictor illustration from The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The purpose of this image has been debated ever since…
Hadley, Ernest, and Their Son
In this photo from the Ernest Hemingway Collection at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Massachusetts, Hadley Richardson is pictured with Ernest Hemingway and their first son Jack, otherwise known as "Bumby" by the two,…
Ernest Hemingway at cafe with friends in Pamplona, Spain, Summer of 1926
In this photo, we see, from the left: Gerald Murphy, Sara Murphy, Pauline Pfeiffer, Ernest Hemingway, and Elizabeth Hadley Richardson.
This photo, which is located in the Ernest Hemingway Collection at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library…
This photo, which is located in the Ernest Hemingway Collection at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library…
The Evolution of Woman
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…
Illustrations by Harry W. McVickar, found in An International Episode by Henry James
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…
Burying the dead after the battle at Buzenval
An engraving illustrating a book