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wash, 6-7/8 x 4-7/8 (exclusive of marginal lines), not published.

III. Another illustration for the same, "Love for Love," a wash drawing,
7-1/2 x 5-1/4, unpublished. 1893.

63. VIRGILIUS THE SORCERER. David Nutt, 1893. Frontispiece to the large
paper copies only. Reproduced in "Early Work."

64. THE LANDSLIP, frontispiece to "Pastor Sang," being William Wilson's
translation of Bjoernson's drama, "Over AEvne." Longmans & Co., 1893.
A black and white design, in conscious imitation of Albert Duerer,
as the peculiar form of the signature A. B. shows, the only occasion
on which the artist employed this device. Reproduced in "Early Work."
(Property of Messrs Shirley & Co., Paris.)

65. BON MOTS. 3 VOLUMES. DENT & CO., 1893.

I. Title-page reproduced in "Later Work."

II. Figure with fool's bauble, and another small ornament for the cover.

III. 208 grotesques and other ornaments in the three volumes. Some of
these, however, are repeated, and some printed in different sizes.
Three of them reproduced in "Later Work." In an article by Max
Beerbohm in the _Idler_, May 1898, accompanied by "some drawings
that have never before been reproduced," are nine small vignettes
of the "Bon Mots" type, of which number three only are explicitly
ascribed to "Bon Mots" (A sheet of them belongs to W. H. Jessop,
Esq. Nineteen are the property of Pickford Waller, Esq.)

66. FOLLY, intended for "Bon Mots," but not used in the book. The figure
is walking along a branch of hawthorn, the left hand upraised, and
holding the fool's baton; a flight of butterflies in lower left-hand
corner; with drawing 8 x 5-1/4 inches. (Property of Littleton Hay,
Esq.)

67. PAGAN PAPERS, a volume of Essays by Kenneth Grahame. Elkin Mathews
and John Lane, 1893. Title-page, design for.

68. ADA LUNDBERG, head and shoulders to right, coloured crayons on brown
paper. Reproduced in colour in "Later Work." (Property of Julian
Sampson, Esq.)

69. KEYHOLES SERIES OF NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES.--(The publication
of this series was begun by Messrs Elkin Mathews and John Lane, and
afterwards continued by Mr John Lane alone.)

I. Keynotes by George Egerton, 1893. Title-page design (the same
employed for the cloth cover). Ornamental key, embodying the
author's monogram, on back of "Contents" page (the same device
on the back of the book). This plan was adopted for each volume
of the series.

II. The Dancing Faun, by Florence Farr (the Faun in the design has
the eyeglass and features of J. McNeill Whistler).

III. Poor Folk. Translated from the Russian of F. Dostoievsky, by Lena
Milman.

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