The motto of the MacGregors is, “Een do and spair nocht,” said to have been given them in the twelfth century by the king of Scotland. While the king was hunting he was attacked by a wild…
by W. B. Yeats A Knight of the SheepThe SorcerersAn Enduring Heart One day a friend of mine was making a sketch of my Knight of the Sheep. The old man's daughter was sitting by, and, when…
A hat. Castor is the Latin for a beaver, and beaver means a hat made of the beaver's skin. Tom Trot Took his new castor from his head. Randall: Diary. Castor and Pollux What we call…
Some fictional characters have had more impact on the world than real people. Allan Lazar, Dan Karlan, and Jeremy Salter set about ranking the “characters of myth, legends, television, and movies […
by Mark D. Hughes photos by Carol M. Highsmith
Carol Highsmith, a distinguished and widely published American photographer, is donating her life's work to the Library of Congress. The Carol M.…
The Acts of Diomed. The Single Combat of Hector and Ajax. The Episodes of Glaucus and Diomed, and of Hector and Andromache. The gods having left the field, the Grecians prevail.…
Scene IIImogen's bedchamber in Cymbeline's palace: a trunk in one corner of itImogen in bed, reading; a Lady attendingImogenWho's there? my woman Helen?LadyPlease you, madamImogenWhat hour is…
