Fairies and Mermaids by John R Neill
One of my readers expressed unfamiliarity with the illustrations of John R Neill, the illustrator of Oz. As a public service, allow me to repost here several pen and ink drawings by this master of the elusive and ethereal style popular before the Great War.
Below are fairies and princesses, mermaids, rainbow daughters, gnome kings, a farmgirl and her mule, a copper clockwork man, ambitious conqueror girls, and a queer cubical creature called the Woozy, who can shoot sparks from his eyes when angered.
About John C Wright
John C. Wright is a practicing philosopher, a retired attorney, newspaperman, and newspaper editor, and a published author of science fiction. Once a Houyhnhnm, he was expelled from the august ranks of purely rational beings when he fell in love; but retains an honorary title.
