Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 777
weresaid to turn all kinds of metal into gold; and itwould seem almost worth while to have a liveBasilisk about for the chance of getting a dead one. The Unicorn. This animal was more absurd than frightful, andlooked very much like a large horse, with one im-mense horn on its forehead. This horn… … onehasthe THE UNICORN. spite of its queer appearance, it was a very aristo-cratic quadruped and a stanch supporter of theBritish crown. In the arms of Great Britain it stands onside and the lion on the other. The Unicornappeared in poetry, too—for we all knowfamous lines: The lion and the unicorn…
Children's literature
Internet Archive · UNC Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 777](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/1024/ia-stnicholasserial02dodg-777-470.webp)
![An illustration from Thierbuch Das ist ein kurtze beschreybung aller vierfüssigen Thieren/ so auff der erden vn[d] in wassern wonend/ sampt jrer waren conterfactur: alles zů nutz vn[d] gůtem allen liebhabern der künsten/ Artzeten/ Maleren/ Bildschnitzern/ Weydleüten vnd Köchen/ gestelt (1583)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/heidelberg-gessner1583-86-1.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial111dodg-402-305.webp)
![An illustration from Parnassvs cum imaginibus mvsarvm deorumq[ue] praesidum Hippocrenes : omnia depicta sunt, & distichis latinis illustrata (1601)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-parnassvscumimag00bois-80-45.webp)
![An illustration from Historiae naturalis de quadrupetibus libri : cum aeneis figuris; [Historiae naturalis de serpentibus libri II ; Historiae naturalis de insectis libri III ; Historiae naturalis de exanguibus aquaticis libri IV ; Historiae naturalis de piscibus et cetis libri V ; Historiae naturalis de avibus libri VI] (1650)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-historiaenatural11650jons-43-15.webp)
