Chapter 9

. But there are certain classics, like the editions of _A Midsummer Night’s Dream_ and Milton’s _Comus_ with pictures by Arthur Rackham, which are adult throughout. One of the most splendid is the Vierge Edition of _Don Quixote_, in four volumes, illustrated with 260 drawings by Daniel Vierge and provided with an introduction by Royal Cortissoz. The same work, illustrated by Jean de Bosschere, may be had in one large volume; and other treasures of the sort are _The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam_ and Shakespeare’s _The Tempest_, both illustrated by Edmund Dulac. I must not omit the edition of Scott’s _Quentin Durward_, with illustrations in color by the American artist, C. Bosseron Chambers.

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