Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Child Changed into a Radiant Presence
A pale figure raises a finger to the lips while long hair streams across the body. A small star-like sign glows above the head against an immense light-filled disc. The adjoining passage identifies the vision as the narrator’s lost child, transformed and recognised on the Great White Road.
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W. T. Horton. "The Child Changed into a Radiant Presence" [editorial title]. In The Mahatma and the Hare: A Dream Story, H. Rider Haggard; illustrations by W. T. Horton and H. M. Brock. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1911; illustrations by W. T. Horton and H. M. Brock., 1911, Longmans, Green and Co.. Source scan leaf 47. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0400-0036
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The Mahatma and the Hare: A Dream StoryH. Rider Haggard; illustrations by W. T. Horton and H. M. Brock1911More from this book
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W. T. Horton. The Child Changed into a Radiant Presence. The Mahatma and the Hare: A Dream Story. Scan leaf 47. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0400-0036