![[picture: The Queen and the Cat]](http://tn.fromoldbooks.org/Various-Atalanta-1888/tn/178-the-queen-and-the-cat-q93-466x500.jpg "[picture: The Queen and the Cat]") |
“I will be mother to every one of you [cats],” said the Baroness; “my heart is big enough to hold you all. Kiss me my dear children, all of you. I will love you all, have no fear. [...]” [more...] |
![[picture: A walk in a romantic dream]](http://tn.fromoldbooks.org/Various-Atalanta-1888/tn/191-in-love-with-the-prince-q75-422x500.jpg "[picture: A walk in a romantic dream]") |
A finely-dressed lady and a prince, a young man, walk together through the grass. The prince carries a rose: clearly they are in love. In the background, a [...] [more...] |
![[picture: Boy Fairy Resting on a Flower]](http://tn.fromoldbooks.org/Various-Atalanta-1888/tn/417-Boy-Fairy-Resting-q97-485x500.jpg "[picture: Boy Fairy Resting on a Flower]") |
An end-of-chapter tailpiece showing a small nude boy laying on a sunflower, and holding a daisy in one hand; his feet rest on another daisy. I think he is meant to be a [...] [more...] |
![[picture: Artistic Cats]](http://tn.fromoldbooks.org/Various-Atalanta-1888/tn/424-artistic-cats-q90-500x149.jpg "[picture: Artistic Cats]"){kind=small} |
Three groups of cats are in this engraving. THe left-most pair are wearing human clothing and standing upright. In the centre, one cat is dressed as an artist, and is using a paintbrush and pallette, painting the stripes onto the other cat. The right-most cat is admiring itself in the mirror. One could read this as a story: the cat on the left being [...] [more...] |
![[picture: A Fair Reader]](http://tn.fromoldbooks.org/Various-Atalanta-1888/tn/450a-A-Fair-Reader-q90-398x500.jpg "[picture: A Fair Reader]") |
A Fair Reader—perhaps a somewhat sexist caption by today’s standards! A lady, presumably fair or beautiful, is sitting at a desk holding an open book, reading; other books lie on the desk in [...] [more...] |
![[picture: Tottering Under the Weight of Knowledge]](http://tn.fromoldbooks.org/Various-Atalanta-1888/tn/450b-Tottering-Under-the-Weight-of-Knowledge-q90-277x500.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: Reaching After Knowledge]](http://tn.fromoldbooks.org/Various-Atalanta-1888/tn/451-Reaching-After-Knowledge-q90-192x500.jpg "[picture: Reaching After Knowledge]") |
A well-dressed lady, complete with bonnet, climbs a step-ladder to reach down a book. [more...] |
![[picture: Hark! the sea is crying to me in pain!]](http://tn.fromoldbooks.org/Various-Atalanta-1888/tn/460-I-love-you-in-the-moonlight-q75-418x501.jpg "[picture: Hark! the sea is crying to me in pain!]") |
Hark! the sea is crying to me in pain! Thus the two lived on, each for the other, in one long summertime, lit by their great love. The nights grew long; day after day the sea fought fiercely with the cruel winds that broke its rest. and the frost grew keen, yet [...] [more...] |
![[picture: Cherub wth harvest fruit]](http://tn.fromoldbooks.org/Various-Atalanta-1888/tn/461-ornament-cherub-with-fruit-q75-466x500.jpg "[picture: Cherub wth harvest fruit]") |
This engraving looks as if it’s of a stone carving; it depicts a cherub, (a sort of putti), together with flowers, vines and fruits; apples, pears, grapes and more; perhaps [...] [more...] |
![[picture: Four Cherubs With Garlands, Ribbons and Flowers]](http://tn.fromoldbooks.org/Various-Atalanta-1888/tn/767-Cherubs-Garlands-Flowers-q75-500x500.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...] |