Fairy Tales & Folklore
The Mirror of the Present
Original caption: The Mirror of the Present
A great dark-winged figure stands before a luminous opening containing a kneeling woman. Heavy curtains and a small crown or helmet complete the enclosed interior. The surrounding story describes the invisible prince seeing the captive Rosalie reflected in the cabinet of the present.
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Citation
Henry Justice Ford. "The Mirror of the Present" [source caption]. In The Yellow Fairy Book, Andrew Lang. New impression, 1906, Longmans, Green and Co.. Source scan leaf 115. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/yellow-mirror-present
Source details
Title from the printed caption. Editorial description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Character identification follows the mirror episode. The surrounding monsters are not individually identified where the text does not support it.
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From the book
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Henry Justice Ford. The Mirror of the Present. The Yellow Fairy Book. Scan leaf 115. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/yellow-mirror-present