Words and Images to Tell a Story

Edmund Dulac ~ She Smiled At Him ~ Fairies I Have Met by Mrs. (Maud Margaret) Rodolph Stawell ~ 1910 ~ full text via The Open Library
She smiled at him very graciously when he was introduced to her. ~ Illustration for Princess Orchid’s Party

Edmund Dulac ~ Book Cover ~ Fairies I Have Met by Mrs. (Maud Margaret) Rodolph Stawell ~ 1910 ~ full text via The Open Library

Edmund Dulac ~ Frontispiece ~ I Want To Be A Nightingale ~ Fairies I Have Met by Mrs. (Maud Margaret) Rodolph Stawell ~ 1910 ~ full text via The Open Library
“Please,” she said. “I want to be a nightingale.” ~ Illustration for The Bird of Shadows And The Sun-Bird

Edmund Dulac ~ He Held Out The Little Shell ~ Fairies I Have Met by Mrs. (Maud Margaret) Rodolph Stawell ~ 1910 ~ full text via The Open Library
He held out the little shell in the beam of coloured light. ~ Illustration for The Sea-Fairy And The Land-Fairy

Edmund Dulac ~ The Silver Of The Moonshine-Fairies ~ Fairies I Have Met by Mrs. (Maud Margaret) Rodolph Stawell ~ 1910 ~ full text via The Open Library
And because the silver of the moonshine-fairies is very light he was able to carry a great deal of it. ~ Illustration for The Cloud That Had No Lining

Edmund Dulac ~ Drop-of-Crystal Was Too Busy ~ Fairies I Have Met by Mrs. (Maud Margaret) Rodolph Stawell ~ 1910 ~ full text via The Open Library
Drop-of-Crystal was too busy to speak. ~ Illustration for The Fairies Who Changed Places

Edmund Dulac ~ The Dear Princess Wore The Great Opal ~ Fairies I Have Met by Mrs. (Maud Margaret) Rodolph Stawell ~ 1910 ~ full text via The Open Library
Of course, the Dear Princess… wore the great opal on the day that she was married. ~ Illustration for The Making Of The Opal

Edmund Dulac ~ The Big Spider Fell To The Ground ~ Fairies I Have Met by Mrs. (Maud Margaret) Rodolph Stawell ~ 1910 ~ full text via The Open Library
The web and the diamonds and the Big Spider himself all fell to the ground. ~ Illustration for The Big Spider’s Diamonds

Edmund Dulac ~ A Little Girl In A Book ~ Fairies I Have Met by Mrs. (Maud Margaret) Rodolph Stawell ~ 1910 ~ full text via The Open Library
The other people in the book looked at her in surprise. ~ Illustration for A Little Girl In A Book