The Golden Age: Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish

A nice edition of this classic fully illustrated by the famous artist Maxfield Parrish. The Golden Age is a collection of reminiscences of childhood, written by Kenneth Grahame and first published in book form in 1895. The Prologue and six of the stories had previously appeared in the National Observer, the journal then edited by William Ernest Henley. Widely praised upon its first appearance – Algernon Charles Swinburne, writing in the Daily Chronicle, called it “one of the few books which are well-nigh too praiseworthy for praise” – the book has come to be regarded as a classic in its genre.