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April 1921 printing ; viii, 306 pg. [8] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm ; LCCN: 19-4519 ; LC: PZ3.V288; Dewey: 813.52 ; OCLC: 3877039 ; decorated blue cloth ; no dustjacket ; "This volume contains nineteen very pleasant short stories, all of which have some mystical touch in them."--The Spectator. ; Contents : A Remembered dream -- Antwerp road -- A City of refuge -- A Sanctuary of trees -- The King's high way -- The Traitor in the house -- Justice of the elements -- Ashes of vengeance -- The Broken soldier and the maid of France -- The Hearing ear -- Sketches of Quebec -- A Classic instance -- The New era and carry on -- The Primitive and his sandals -- Diana and the lions -- The Hero and tin soldiers -- Salvage point -- The Boy of Nazareth dreams. ; Van Dyke was a professor of English literature at Princeton between 1899 and 1923. In 1908-09 he was an American lecturer at the University of Paris. By appointment of President Wilson, a friend and former classmate of van Dyke, he became Minister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg. ; Decorated cloth binding by Margaret Armstrong, bound in Illustration by Edward Hopper. The story of the Scribner's work, which was important to Hopper, is recounted by Gail Levin: "Fame fostered Hopper's career in illustration. In September 1918, he began to sell to Scribner's, a cut above his usual clients. Walter TIttle claimed credit for the first assignment: 'I succeeded in getting him a bit of work from Scribner's magazine almost by brow-beating my old friend [Joseph Hawley] Chapin [the art editor], insisting that here was a man really too good for him.' Hopper's wife came on the scene to observe: 'Scribner's were wonderful to him, let him go his own gait, careful not to give him things not his kind to do.' His kind: te first story they gave him to read was 'The hearing ear', by Henry Van Dyke, which dealt with heroic rescue in the war. The two drawings, which appeared in the issue of December 1918, added one hundred dollars to Edward's books." ; Dark blue (C183)--calico grain cloth; gilt lettering framed by gold, with red and white lily designs; flower motif repeated on spine in gilt; partially untrimmed ; Trade edition issued in dark blue cloth ; foxing ; name on front endpaper ; scarce Hopper source ; VG. Seller Inventory # 007099
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