
Richard Doyle (1824-1883)
Pursued by elves

From The Comic English Grammar by Percival Leigh and illustrated by John Leech, 1852.
depressed snail, sad frog
Institutes of Justinian, France 15th century
Montpellier, Bibliothèque interuniversitaire. Section Médecine, H 418, fol. 23v
My name is Meredith Gentry, but of course it’s not my real name. I dare not even whisper my true name after dark for fear that one hushed word will travel over the night winds to the soft ear of my aunt, the Queen of Air and Darkness.
My dad posted this. I honestly thought he made it himself