Are you ill, dear North Wind? illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith, from the Children's adventure book ' At the back of the North Wind ' by George MacDonald, Publication date c1919 Publisher Philadelphia : D. McKay The book tells the story of a young boy named Diamond. He is a very sweet little boy who makes joy everywhere he goes. He fights despair and gloom and brings peace to his family. One night, as he is trying to sleep, Diamond repeatedly plugs up a hole in the loft (also his bedroom) wall to stop the wind from blowing in. However, he soon finds out that this is stopping the North Wind f
Are you ill, dear North Wind? illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith, from the Children's adventure book ' At the back of the North Wind ' by George MacDonald, Publication date c1919 Publisher Philadelphia : D. McKay The book tells the story of a young boy named Diamond. He is a very sweet little boy who makes joy everywhere he goes. He fights despair and gloom and brings peace to his family. One night, as he is trying to sleep, Diamond repeatedly plugs up a hole in the loft (also his bedroom) wall to stop the wind from blowing in. However, he soon finds out that this is stopping the North Wind from seeing through her window. Diamond befriends her, and North Wind lets him fly with her, taking him on several adventures. Though the North Wind does good deeds and helps people, she also does seemingly terrible things. On one of her assignments, she must sink a ship. Yet everything she does that seems bad leads to something good. The North Wind seems to be a representation of Pain and Death working according to God's will for something good
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Location: Scotland
Photo credit: © Historic Illustrations / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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