Inscription by? mary h. Stilwell to? illustrator henry pitz from front leaf of stops of various quills (1895) by william dean howells (illustrated by howard pyle). Inscribed are lines from the rubáiyát of omar khayyám: "we are no other than a moving row/of magic shadow-shapes, that come and go/round with the sun-illumin'd lantern, held/in midnight, by the master of the show. ". Date: 1895.
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