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From 'Green Willow And Other Japanese Fairy Tales', Warwick Goble, 1910.
#BookWormSat #birds #Japan #illustration #art

"It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so."

- Jerome K Jerome, 'Idle Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow'
#BookWormSat #BookChatWeekly

I loved C S Lewis, I loved Leon Garfield, I loved 'Stig Of The Dump', I enjoyed Alan Garner and I loved Susan Cooper. But above all of them was John Gordon's 'The Giant In The Snow' (1968). Original, suspenseful, terrifying, it remains a masterpiece of what I now know as #FolkHorror.
#BookWormSat

"In the depth of winter I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer."

- Albert Camus
#BookWormSat #Camus

“Bees do have a smell, you know, and if they don't they should, for their feet are dusted with spices from a million flowers.”
― Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine
🎨Gustave Dore
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3536... #BookwormSat #art #fineart #giftidea #literature #bookchatweekly #wallart

Flowers in a Landscape, Summer...

“Bees do have a smell, you know, and if they don't they should, for their feet are dusted with spices from a million flowers.”
― Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine
🎨Gustave Dore
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3536... #BookwormSat #art #fineart #giftidea #literature #bookchatweekly #wallart

Flowers in a Landscape, Summer...

"The ill-wishing eye, may it be torn out, Sees only defects in his virtue. But if thou possessest one virtue and seventy faults, A friend sees nothing except that virtue." - From 'The Gulistan' of Saadi (translated by Edward Rehatsek) #BookWormSat #Persia

RELIGION: A goodly tree, in which all the foul birds of the air have made their nests. - Ambrose Bierce, 'The Devil's Dicionary' #BookWormSat #AmbroseBierce #satire

RELIGION: A goodly tree, in which all the foul birds of the air have made their nests. - Ambrose Bierce, 'The Devil's Dicionary' #BookWormSat #AmbroseBierce #satire

In 1902 'The Strand Magazine' serialized 'The Psammead' by Edith Nesbit. On book publication it was renamed 'Five Children and It' (not to be confused with killer clown). Here the youngest of the five tries to make friends with the bad-tempered hobgoblin. #BookWormSat #BookChatWeekly #fairystories

Now, that's my sort of bookshop. #BookWormSat #BookChatWeekly #booksky #Victorian

Now, that's my sort of bookshop. #BookWormSat #BookChatWeekly #booksky #Victorian

"Through primrose tufts, in that green bower, The periwinkle trailed its wreaths; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes." - Wordsworth (Illustration by Jane Elizabeth Giraud #BookWormSat #Wordsworth #RomanticPoets #poetry

"Through primrose tufts, in that green bower, The periwinkle trailed its wreaths; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes." - Wordsworth (Illustration by Jane Elizabeth Giraud #BookWormSat #Wordsworth #RomanticPoets #poetry

"As to being in a fright, Allow me to remark That ghosts have just as good a right, In every way, to fear the light As men to fear the dark." "No plea," said I, "can well excuse Such cowardice in you...." - Lewis Carroll, "Phantasmagoria" 🎨Arthur B. Frost #BookWormSat #BookChatWeekly

"Before you can scare others, you must be scared yourself. Ghostly fear is transmitted, not concocted." - H R Wakefield on the art of writing ghost stories, of which, of course, he was a master. #BookWormSat #ghoststories #supernatural #vintagepaperbacks

"History began badly and hav steadily got worse." - Nigel Molesworth #BookWormSat #BookChatWeekly #WorldHeritageDay #RonaldSearle

"There is only one principle in Hell. Bring back food or be food yourself." - C S Lewis, 'The Screwtape Letters' #BookWormSat #CSLewis #demonology #BookChatWeekly (I had to repost this because a Renaissance painting of Hell was AdultContent-ed. *sigh* So here's 'Calvin In Hell' by Heemskerck)

"There is only one principle in Hell. Bring back food or be food yourself." - C S Lewis, 'The Screwtape Letters' #BookWormSat #CSLewis #demonology #BookChatWeekly (I had to repost this because a Renaissance painting of Hell was AdultContent-ed. *sigh* So here's 'Calvin In Hell' by Heemskerck)

"There is only one principle in Hell. Bring back food or be food yourself." - C S Lewis, 'The Screwtape Letters' #BookWormSat #CSLewis #demonology #BookChatWeekly (I had to repost this because a Renaissance painting of Hell was AdultContent-ed. *sigh* So here's 'Calvin In Hell' by Heemskerck)

"There is only one principle in Hell. Bring back food or be food yourself." - C S Lewis, 'The Screwtape Letters' #BookWormSat #CSLewis #demonology #BookChatWeekly (I had to repost this because a Renaissance painting of Hell was AdultContent-ed. *sigh* So here's 'Calvin In Hell' by Heemskerck)

"There is only one principle in Hell. Bring back food or be food yourself." - C S Lewis, 'The Screwtape Letters' #BookWormSat #CSLewis #demonology #BookChatWeekly (I had to repost this because a Renaissance painting of Hell was AdultContent-ed. *sigh* So here's 'Calvin In Hell' by Heemskerck)

Since we're in a 16th century frame of mind thanks to #BookWormSat, my weird picture of the day is one of Fabrizio Riccardi's illustrations for Rabelais' 'Pantagruel'. Riccardi is a contemporary Italian #surrealist. #weird #weirdart #surrealism #ItalianArt #artsky #Rabelais

Since we're in a 16th century frame of mind thanks to #BookWormSat, my weird picture of the day is one of Fabrizio Riccardi's illustrations for Rabelais' 'Pantagruel'. Riccardi is a contemporary Italian #surrealist. #weird #weirdart #surrealism #ItalianArt #artsky #Rabelais

Since we're in a 16th century frame of mind thanks to #BookWormSat, my weird picture of the day is one of Fabrizio Riccardi's illustrations for Rabelais' 'Pantagruel'. Riccardi is a contemporary Italian #surrealist. #weird #weirdart #surrealism #ItalianArt #artsky #Rabelais

"Footprints?" "Footprints." "A man’s or a woman's?" Dr. Mortimer looked strangely at us, and his voice sank almost to a whisper as he answered. "Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!" - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Hound of the Baskervilles" #BookWormSat #BookChatWeekly

"The fabled musk deer searches the world over for the source of the scent which comes from itself." - Ramakrishna #BookWormSat #deer #Ramakrishna #Hindu #Mysticism #philosophy

"The fabled musk deer searches the world over for the source of the scent which comes from itself." - Ramakrishna #BookWormSat #deer #Ramakrishna #Hindu #Mysticism #philosophy

"I have never met anyone worth knowing who had fewer than four feet." - Dorothy Parker (But I admit from memory) #BookWormSat #caturday #dogs #DorothyParker

Weird picture of the day: 'Library' by Franz Sedlacek. #BookWormSat #BookChatWeekly #artsky #MagicalRealism

Another one by the Danish artist Don Kenn. I'm pretty sure that's a picture of me as a kid reading. And thank you to everyone's spirited contributions to what was another thoroughly enjoyable #PhantomsFriday yesterday. Here's to the next one! #BookWormSat #BookChatWeekly #DanishArt #ScandinavianArt

"They've such a passion for Liberty that they can't help taking liberties with her." - Martin Chuzzlewit on Americans (Dickens, sharp as ever. I appreciate the Statue Of Liberty wasn't constructed until after Dickens's death.) #BookWormSat #Dickens

"Elsewhere people are restless, worried, hurried about... Nothing of the kind here, sir. We have done with all that - we know the worst of it; we have got to the bottom, we can't fall, and what have we found? Peace." - Dr Haggard in Debtor's Prison, 'Little Dorrit' #BookWormSat #CharlesDickens

A mid-Victorian illustration of the sudden appearance of the woman in 'The Black Veil', in the creepy mystery story by Charles Dickens, first published in 1836. #BookWormSat #Dickens #Victorian #gothic

"St Agnes' Eve - Ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold; The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold." - Keats, 'The Eve Of St Agnes' #BookWormSat #romanticpoets #poetry [Photo by me of snowy wales]

#BookwormSat 🍂🧚‍♀️🐈 #Caturday
#Autumn is the time when the veil thins, #Cats can see throught it.
Cats were thought to be able to see through the magical illusions, or "glamour," of the Fae.

This allowed them to discern a Fairy's true form, making them natural protectors against deceitful or malicious spirits.🐈🧚‍♀️
#Fairylore 🧚‍♂️🍂

🎨"Cat Among the Fairies,"
Art by John Anster Fitzgerald (1819 -1906)

#BookwormSat 🍂🧚‍♀️🐈 #Caturday
#Autumn is the time when the veil thins, #Cats can see throught it.
Cats were thought to be able to see through the magical illusions, or "glamour," of the Fae.

This allowed them to discern a Fairy's true form, making them natural protectors against deceitful or malicious spirits.🐈🧚‍♀️
#Fairylore 🧚‍♂️🍂

🎨"Cat Among the Fairies,"
Art by John Anster Fitzgerald (1819 -1906)

#BookwormSat 🍂🧚‍♀️🐈 #Caturday
#Autumn is the time when the veil thins, #Cats can see throught it.
Cats were thought to be able to see through the magical illusions, or "glamour," of the Fae.

This allowed them to discern a Fairy's true form, making them natural protectors against deceitful or malicious spirits.🐈🧚‍♀️
#Fairylore 🧚‍♂️🍂

🎨"Cat Among the Fairies,"
Art by John Anster Fitzgerald (1819 -1906)

#BookwormSat 🍂🧚‍♀️🐈 #Caturday
#Autumn is the time when the veil thins, #Cats can see throught it.
Cats were thought to be able to see through the magical illusions, or "glamour," of the Fae.

This allowed them to discern a Fairy's true form, making them natural protectors against deceitful or malicious spirits.🐈🧚‍♀️
#Fairylore 🧚‍♂️🍂

🎨"Cat Among the Fairies,"
Art by John Anster Fitzgerald (1819 -1906)

#BookWormSat 🧹

Did you know that #Brownies also know n come from Scottish folklore?

These charming household hobgoblins are known for their helpfulness, tackling chores when no one is watching.

Leave out some milk or cream and they may lend a hand around your home. 🧹
#ScottishFolklore 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

🎨 Arthur Rackham circa 1917.

"The grave's a fine and private place But none I think do there embrace." - Andrew Marvell #BookWormSat #Elizabethan #poetry #poetrysky

"Before it is possible to gather the harvest of thought and observation the summer has passed, and we must bind the hastily stitched book with the crimson leaves of autumn." - Richard Jefferies, 'Among The Nuts'. Painting by Samuel Palmer #BookWormSat #RichardJefferies #SamuelPalmer #landscape

"Before it is possible to gather the harvest of thought and observation the summer has passed, and we must bind the hastily stitched book with the crimson leaves of autumn." - Richard Jefferies, 'Among The Nuts'. Painting by Samuel Palmer #BookWormSat #RichardJefferies #SamuelPalmer #landscape

"Before it is possible to gather the harvest of thought and observation the summer has passed, and we must bind the hastily stitched book with the crimson leaves of autumn." - Richard Jefferies, 'Among The Nuts'. Painting by Samuel Palmer #BookWormSat #RichardJefferies #SamuelPalmer #landscape

"Before it is possible to gather the harvest of thought and observation the summer has passed, and we must bind the hastily stitched book with the crimson leaves of autumn." - Richard Jefferies, 'Among The Nuts'. Painting by Samuel Palmer #BookWormSat #RichardJefferies #SamuelPalmer #landscape

"Before it is possible to gather the harvest of thought and observation the summer has passed, and we must bind the hastily stitched book with the crimson leaves of autumn." - Richard Jefferies, 'Among The Nuts'. Painting by Samuel Palmer #BookWormSat #RichardJefferies #SamuelPalmer #landscape

'I am the dream of awakening. I am the returning of the light. I am the tough green shoot pushing up through the pavestones, I am the first kiss of sunlight on the unfurling petals of the snowdrop...' ✍️Imbolc by Caroline Mellor #BookWormSat #Poetry #Imbolc #StBrigidsDay #Nature 🌿

"That's all nonsense," said Curdie. "I don't know what you mean."

"Then if you don't know what I mean, what right have you to call it nonsense?" asked the princess, a little offended.

-George MacDonald, 'The Princess and the Goblin'
#BookWormSat

🎨: Jessie Willcox Smith

#ThePrincessAndTheGoblin #GeorgeMacDonald #Fantasy #ChildrensLiterature #ChildrensBookIllustration

"Paddington removed his hat and laid it carefully on the table while Mr Brown poured out the tea. He looked hungrily at the cakes, in particular at a large cream-and-jam one which Mr Brown placed on a plate in front of him."

-Michael Bond, A Bear Called Paddington
#BookWormSat

#Paddington #ABearCalledPaddington #Tea #Cake #MichaelBond #ChildrensBook

#Truecrime fans Ella & Cooper! #WomenWhoMurder is #rescuedog approved!

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#books #bookrelease #newbooks #bookstagram #bookboost #pickupapageturner #BookRecommendation #booktok #readers #goodreads #booklist #BookWormSat #readingworld #bookstodon