Legends for Lionel:
in pen and pencil

ALL Lions have tails: some—like the one here—remarkably long ones.Some Lionels I know have “Legends” instead. The Lionel for which thesewere made is a great devourer of them, and he also has an appetite forpictures to paint. This book of sketches, the offspring of the odd halfhours of winter evenings, was originally intended strictly for homeconsumption. One thing, however, leads to another, just as the sketchesdid, following one by one as fancy led, till they filled the book,and this book falling under the eye of Messrs Cassell (through thevoluntary offices of a sympathetic and enthusiastic friend) “Legendsfor Lionel” may become legends for legions of Lionels.

That both Lionels and others may get as much fun out of the book as didits own father—and Lionel’s—is the wish of both, at any rate

Walter Crane.

Aug: 1887