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A Berwickshire Folk-tale about a house that is shunned rather than haunted. Lived in by an eccentric single woman, Miss Clinscales, with an obsequious man servant. She is found dead one morning by maid, with her throat cut; a large amount of money is…

Epigraph from Atalanta in Calydon; in winter “the merciless north wind scourged the land, and wrung from men’s hearts a confusion of cries and threatenings, which he caught up and carried abroad”; --crisis averted by arrival of Spring the Deliverer;…

The advertisement combines letterpress in all capital letters, a decorative initial T, and a decorative tailpiece.

1. from Athens, circa 357 BC ; 2 from Norway, circa 145 BC, written by a woman; 3. from Jerusalem, 8th year of governance of Pontius Pilate; 4. Edinburgh, Easter 1887--all about the coming of spring

Initial letters used in The Pageant, vols 1 (1896) and 2 (1897)

Boxed in an ornate decorative frame with the four winds blowing from each corner is a central medallion showing a large sailing ship at sea, flying three flags. The medallion is surrounded by ornamental banners with the Latin motto: Firma Pererrat…

3 silhouetted doves, each with a spade-shaped leaf in its beak, fly upwards toward the top left corner

Initial letter A is capitalized. The letter is framed within a double-lined square. The letter is white on a black background, the background is studded with white dots. The top of the letter is notched. The letter is composed of two straight…