Literature Pick #106

Clarimonde
by Théophile Gautier (1811-1872)
A fantastic horror tale, first published in La Chronique de Paris in 1836, and here translated by Lafcadio Hearn.

Emanuel Leutze painting

Columbus before the Queen
by Emanuel Leutze (1816–1868)
1843, oil on canvas, 38" × 50"
Leutze was born in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Württemberg, Germany

Carlos Schwabe painting

Evening Bells
by Carlos Schwabe (1866–1926)
1891
Schwabe was a Symbolist painter and printmaker.