Tag: German
Tag Description:Pocket Watch Illustration
A free clip art image of a pocket watch. With it’s ornate case and Roman numerals, it’s a must have download for digital artists with a steampunk or Victorian bent. I dislike the process of changing time. Daylight savings time, spring forward, fall back, all just a manipulation of time by “the Man”, an affirmation [...]
On the Trail of Rübezahl
The mad pursuit of obscure illustrated books has afforded me many curious finds. A recent find is a 19th century German book entitled Rübezahl, Legends and Anecdotes: The Lord of the Giant Mountains Written for Children by Paul Arndt. It was found, as I usually find my neat old German books, while antiquing in Lancaster [...]
The Christmas Fairy of Strasburg
A German Folk-Tale by J. Stirling Coyne, Adapted by Frances Jenkins Olcott Once, long ago, there lived near the ancient city of Strasburg, on the river Rhine, a young and handsome count, whose name was Otto. As the years flew by he remained unwed, and never so much as cast a glance at the fair [...]
In Toy Land: Glimpses of a Great Industry
By Sheila, Published in Young England, an Illustrated Magazine for Boys , 1897 ne has to go very far back in the world’s history to arrive at the time when there were absolutely no toys. Indeed, one may feel tolerably certain that as soon as the children arrived, toys—rough, rude things, no doubt, but still [...]
