Layout&Illustrations-The+Floating+Prince

The Floating Prince and Other Fairy Tales --   **﻿Book Plate: ** ﻿    opens to two blank pages: one of which contains the book plate  from the "Private Library of L.C. Hirshheimer, La Crosse, Wisconsin",   and the other has some annotations in script, "Louie...Jan 1/89." **Title Page: ** >         **Table of Contents: ** >> - //The Floating Prince// >> - //How the Aristocrats Sailed Away; A Sequel to the Floating Prince// >> //- The Reformed Pirate// >> //- Huckleberry// >> //- The Gudra's Daughter// >> //- The Emergency Mistress// >> <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">//- The Sprig of Holly// >> <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">//- The Magicians' Daughter and the High-Born Boy// >> <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">//- Derido; or, The Giant's Quilt// >> <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">//- The Castle of Bim// >> >> >> **<span style="color: #0d65b5; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Illustrations: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">This 1881 publication of //The Floating and Other Fairy Tales//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The title page is very simple and straightforward, especially when compared to the magical wonderland portrayed on the binding. The typeface, although not as characteristic as the one chosen for the binding, is wide and round - making it very accessible and possibly easy to read for children. There are no embellishments or designs, giving the book a much moreserious appearance. Although perhaps coincidental, this reflects Stockton's writing style; while the binding depicts the more playful and entertaining aspects of his tales, the title page hints at the undercurrents of social critique.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">//The Floating Prince and Other Fairy Tales// is comprised of ten fairy tales written by Frank Stockton. They are listed as follows inthe table of contents:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">//The Floating Prince and Other Fairy Tales// contains thirty-nine illustrations, including the frontispiece. Of the thirty-nine illustrations, five are full-page and the remaining thirty-four range in size but are always fitted within the text itself. They are all wood engravings by Edmund Birckhead Bensell, as his signature or the initial "B" can be found on a corner of each illustration.

- <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 125%;">Wood Engraving - <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">﻿The wood engraving process was developed towards the ned of the eighteenth-century. The artist, instead of working with the grain as in a woodcut, would carve the image across the grain of a wood block which "creates a relief block, cutting away the non-printing areas." This process allowed the artist to use the same tools as a copper engraver, resulting in thinner, more precise incisions and finer detail.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 125%;">﻿ <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 125%;"> - Edmund Birckhead Bensell - <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">﻿E.B. Bensell was born in Philadelphia on June 11, 1842 to Edmund Shippen Bensell and Margaret Sperry Bensell. He attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and was one of the original six founders of the Philadelphia Sketch Club. Bensell started out his career as a painter, he achieved greater success through his illustrations. He was renowned as an illustrator for the books and magazines of his day; he worked for various major publishing companies <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> including Harper & Brothers, Charles Scribner's and Sons, and J.M Stoddard. One of his most famous work collaborations was <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> his illustrations for William Still's book //The Underground Railroad//. Bensell illustrated works for Margaret Vandegrift, E. Johnson, <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Edward Strahan, Lucy and Clara Guernsey, Thomas Percy, Charles E. Carryl, William Burnton, and of course Frank R. Stockton. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Interestingly, Bensell was also a re-ocurring illustrator for the //St. Nicholas// magazine, of which Stockton was assistant editor - <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> perhaps Stockton and Bensell moved in the same social circles. In addition to illustrating //The Floating Prince// //and Other Fairytales// <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> in 1881, Bensell illustrated Stockton's //Ting-a-Ling Stories// in 1882, //The Poor// //Counts Christmas// in 1927, and //Round-about Rambles in//  <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> //lands and fact of fancy//, a collaboration between Stockton, Marian E. Stockton, and Emily Antoine Bayard in 1874. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;"> <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;"> ﻿ <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">

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