Came across this book recently and was immediately attracted to it by is cover…..they just don’t do book covers like this anymore…stunning!

The content is selection of re-workings of stories from northern European mythology for children and appears to be a good read. What interested me however was that the book is illustrated by Herbert Cole whose work I am familiar with. He illustrated many magazines and books in the late 19th / early 20th centuries but very little is known about his life. His style is very similar to more well known artists of the era such as Walter Crane and Edmund Dulac although I think he is every bit as good.

Check out some of the amazing illustrations from this book. Theres a link to downlad a PDF of the book at the bottom… enjoy.

If you like the illustrations (lots more in the book) or want to read the stories, you can download a pdf of the entire book HERE.