Chapter I: Front Matter

THE CHILDREN
AND THE PICTURES

ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. By LEWIS CARROLL. With a Proem
by Austin Dobson, and Thirteen Plates in Colour and numerous Text
Illustrations by Arthur Rackham, A.R.W.S. Square crown 8vo, price
6s. net.
[_November 15._

RIP VAN WINKLE. By WASHINGTON IRVING. With fifty-one Coloured
Plates by Arthur Rackham. A.R.W.S. In One Volume, crown 4to, price
15s. net.

_Times._--“It will be hard to rival this delightful volume.”

LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN
21 Bedford Street, W.C.

THE CHILDREN AND THE
PICTURES: BY PAMELA
TENNANT: PUBLISHED IN
LONDON BY MR. WILLIAM HEINE-
MANN AND IN NEW YORK BY THE
MACMILLAN COMPANY: MCMVII

THE SKETCH ON THE TITLE-PAGE
IS BY ARTHUR RACKHAM, A.R.W.S.
ILLUSTRATIONS REPRODUCED BY
HENTSCHEL-COLOURTYPE

_Copyright 1907 by William Heinemann_

CONTENTS

PAGE
I. 1
II. 15
III. 21
IV. 30
V. 38
VI. 45
VII. 52
VIII. 60
IX. 67
X. 75
XI. 79
XII. 92
XIII. 107
XIV. 115
XV. 122
XVI. 129
XVII. 139
XVIII. 143
XIX. 152
XX. 161
XXI. 171
XXII. 178
XXIII. 187
XXIV. 191
XXV. 196
XXVI. 212
XXVII. 222

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

_To face
page_

Marianne and Amelia _Hoppner_ _Frontispiece_

Mrs. Inchbald _Romney_ 4

Robert Mayne, M.P. for Upper Gatton _Reynolds_ 10

Beppo _Reynolds_ 12

Peg Woffington _Hogarth_ 16

Children Playing at Soldiers _G. Morland_ 18

The Apple-Stealers _G. Morland_ 20

The Fortune-teller _Reynolds_ 22

Mousehold Heath _Cotman_ 56

Lewis the Actor _Gainsborough_ 76

Approach to Venice _Turner_ 80

Miss Ridge _Reynolds_ 82

Sir Joshua Reynolds _Reynolds_ 84

The Green Room at Drury Lane _Hogarth_ 88

The Leslie Boy _Raeburn_ 92

The Cottage by the Wood _Nasmyth_ 96

On the Seashore _Bonington_ 154

The Fish Market, Boulogne _Bonington_ 180

Miss Ross _Raeburn_ 198

Lady Crosbie _Reynolds_ 214

Dolorès _Reynolds_ 222