Photogravure from an engraving after a por-
trait by Kramer.

THE THREE FATES .

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Lachesis, the Spinner of life, with the distaff
(the Past), Clotho, the Guide, holding the
thread (the Present), and Atropos, the Life-
cutter, with the shears (the Future), are the
three goddesses in this color-plate from the
painting by Paul Thuman.

JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE

From an engraving after an original miniature.
EDMUND SPENSER

From an engraving after an original painting
in the possession of the Earl of Kinnicutt.

SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

From an engraving after the original portrait
by I. Northcote, R. A.

EDGAR ALLAN POE .

From a daguerreotype.

THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN

"Out came the children running: All the little boys and girls,

With rosy cheeks and flaxen curls,

And sparkling eyes and teeth like pearls,

Tripping and skipping, ran merrily after

The wonderful music with shouting and laughter."

From a photograph by Berlin Photographic Co.,

after a painting by H. Kaulbach.

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THE SOLDIER'S DREAM .

"The sailor dreams of tossing on the flood,
The soldier, of his laurels grown in blood."

After a painting by Édouard Détaille, in the
Musée de Luxembourg. Paris,

JOHN KEATS

From an engraving.

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THE STUDIOUS MONK

"He that many bokes redys,

Cunnyinge shall he be."

From photograph by the Berlin Photographic
Co., after a painting by Ed. Grützner.

THE MAN WITH THE HOE

"Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans

Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground,

The emptiness of ages in his face,

And on his back the burden of the world."

From an etching by Bracquemond after the
painting by Jean François Millet.

JOHANN FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER .

From a carbon photo-print after the portrait by
Graff.

PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE

After a photograph from life.

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