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Images and extracts from “Atalanta” Magazine collected edition October 1888 to September 1889. This was the first edition, I think, that used colour. The magazine was edited by L. T. Meade and John C. Staples. Most of the items are now out of copyright, and those are the ones (as far as I can tell) that I have selected.
Title: Atalanta Magazine
Published by: Hatchard's
City: London
Date: 1888
Total items: 12
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: Tottering Under the Weight of Knowledge]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Various-Atalanta-1888/wm/big/450b-Tottering-Under-the-Weight-of-Knowledge-q90-111x200.jpg "[picture: Tottering Under the Weight of Knowledge]")
Tottering Under the Weight of Knowledge
An unidentified elderly gentleman carries a large stack of heavy books; he holds the top one in place with his nose as he shuffles forward. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Four Cherubs With Garlands, Ribbons and Flowers]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Various-Atalanta-1888/wm/big/767-Cherubs-Garlands-Flowers-q75-200x200.jpg "[picture: Four Cherubs With Garlands, Ribbons and Flowers]")
Four Cherubs With Garlands, Ribbons and Flowers
These four winged cherubs, tastefully nude, have spring flowers, ribbbons or garlands, and are dancing playfully in the air. They were used as a tail-piece at the end of a [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: A Fair Reader]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Various-Atalanta-1888/wm/big/450a-A-Fair-Reader-q90-159x200.jpg "[picture: A Fair Reader]")
![[picture: A walk in a romantic dream]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Various-Atalanta-1888/wm/big/191-in-love-with-the-prince-q75-169x200.jpg "[picture: A walk in a romantic dream]")
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![[picture: Boy Fairy Resting on a Flower]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Various-Atalanta-1888/wm/big/417-Boy-Fairy-Resting-q97-194x200.jpg "[picture: Boy Fairy Resting on a Flower]")
