THE EASTER BOOK OF LEGENDS AND STORIES: Selected By Alice Isabel Hazeltin and Elva Sophronia Smith. Illustrated By Pamela Bianco.

shiny purple, gold, black & white illustrated hardcover 8vo. (octavo). no dustwrapper (as issued). fine cond. looks new. like new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. one line of underlining has been erased, otherwise contents free of markings. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first printing (NAP) of this facsimile reprint edition. decorative 1/2 title pg. illustrated frontis. & title pg. xvi+392p. b&w illustrations. notes. index of titles. index of authors. religion. mythology. folklore. medieval literature. ~ Through the centuries the Christian Church has celebrated the festival of the Resurrection with songs of joy and praise; the old Latin hymns, mediaeval carols, later lyrics. This "Day of Days" has been, in the Christian year, a period of rejoicing and exultation, as everywhere glad voices have been lifted triumphantly in hymns of victory for the Risen Christ. In northern climes Easter~tide is also the time of reawakening life in tree and plant; "for, lo, the winter is past . ; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come." All nature seems to rejoice with the Christian Church and so it is that much of the imagery and symbolism of Easter is drawn from the dancing sun; the blossoming trees; the rose, the lily, the daffodil. To the poet the recurring miracle of green things growing "whispers of the life to be," the golden trumpets of the jonquil become a symbol of the Easter Victory, and the butterfly brings its winged message of hope and faith.…