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The Devil's Song
William Heyen

In rhymed couplets, this narrative poem about a farmer's adventure with the devil as servant joins William Heyen's other two Timberline books. Being published in November, it was my version of the Christmas books popular in the Victorian period. I do not know why ghost stories were particularly popular for the Christmas books, but the tradition gave us such classics as Dickens's The Christmas Carol and Henry James's The Turn of the Screw. Heyen's devil is a "handsome red-shelled fellow," and red became the dominant theme of the book with a deep red Fabriano Elle Erre cover set off by black Hahnemuhle Ingres endpaper. The text is 14 pt. Garamond Old Style with Old English display printed on Neenah Environment Felt text.

9 pages : one narrative poem / 1 illustration, 6 x 9 / $7.50