The great Rackham is at his most radiant in this beguiling collection of more than 80 otherworldly illustrations from magazines, periodicals, and novels such as Milton's "Comus" and Hawthorne's "Wonder Book."

A noted expert on the Classic Age of Illustration, Jeff A. Menges has also edited the Dover titles Rackham's Fairy Tale Illustrations in Full Color, Dulac's Fairy Tale Illustrations in Full Color, and Pirates, Patriots, and Princesses: The Art of Howard Pyle.