Dorothy Lathrop ~ Old Man of the Sea ~ A Little Boy Lost ~ 1920

He in turn, leaning over the rock stared back into Martin’s face with his immense fishy eyes.
 

Dorothy Lathrop ~ Ch XVII ~ The Old Man of the Sea ~ A Little Boy Lost ~ 1920

Dorothy Lathrop ~ People of the Mist ~ A Little Boy Lost ~ 1920

One of the mist people held the shell to Martin’s ear, and Martin knew that it was the voice of the sea.

Dorothy Lathrop ~ Ch XVI ~ The People of the Mist ~ A Little Boy Lost ~ 1920

Dorothy Lathrop ~ Martin’s Eyes Are Opened ~ A Little Boy Lost ~ 1920

Throwing up her arms she uttered a long call, and the birds began to come lower and lower down.

Dorothy Lathrop ~ The Wonder of the Hills ~ A Little Boy Lost ~ 1920

The doe— timidly smelt at his hand,
then licked it with her long pink tongue.
 

Dorothy Lathrop ~ Ch XIV ~ The Wonder of the Hills ~ A Little Boy Lost ~ 1920 

Dorothy Lathrop ~ The Lady of the Hills ~ A Little Boy Lost ~ 1920

She raised him in her arms and pressed him to her bosom, wrapping her hair like a warm mantle around him.
 

Dorothy Lathrop ~ Ch XIII ~ The Great Blue Water ~ A Little Boy Lost ~ 1920

Dorothy Lathrop ~ People of the Mirage ~ A Little Boy Lost ~ 1920

“The Queen wishes to speak to you— stand up, little boy.”

Dorothy Lathrop ~ Martin Is Found ~ A Little Boy Lost ~ 1920

Groping his way to the bucket of cold water— he managed to raise it up in his arms, and poured it over the sleeper.

Dorothy Lathrop ~ ill. for Mopsa The Fairy by Jean Ingelow, 1927 – via A Journey Round My Skull

See more Dorothy Lathrop and read a wonderful guest post, Treatise on Fairies

Dorothy Lathrop ~ illus. for Down-Adown-Derry by Walter de la Mare, 1922 - via A Journey Round My Skull

See more Dorothy Lathrop and read a wonderful guest post, Treatise on Fairies

Dorothy Lathrop ~ illus. for Mopsa The Fairy by Jean Ingelow, 1927 – via A Journey Round My Skull

See more Dorothy Lathrop and read a wonderful guest post, Treatise on Fairies

Dorothy Lathrop ~ illus. for Down-Adown-Derry by Walter de la Mare, 1922 - via A Journey Round My Skull

See more Dorothy Lathrop and read a wonderful guest post, Treatise on Fairies