The Enchanted Forest

The Enchanted Forest (1921)

A rare copy of The Enchanted Forest - illustrated by Outhwaite and published by A & C Black, Ltd (London) in 1921 - showing the original plaid paper covered boards with blue cloth back and pictorial title label paste-down.

Two examples of Outhwaite's marginal illustrations for The Enchanted Forest - those to the left

show the dedication to her children who also

modeled for her illustrations

The Enchanted Forest is a collaboration between Outhwaite and her husband, Grenbry - a man whose business

acumen may have contributed significantly to his wife's success. For The Enchanted Forest, for example, Grenbry

is known to have subsidised the printing costs with his own contribution of £400 to ensure high quality reproduction

of his wife's illustration. In addition, he ensured that the royalties from this title were consigned to the Red Cross -

a decision that ensured Vice-Regal patronage.

Contemporary critiques from the British Weekly and the Spectator provide some insight into how The Enchanted Forest

as received:

This is a beautiful fairy story picture-book delightfully illustrated.

The artist merits the highest praise for her delicate, beautiful

drawings with their humorous touches.

British Weekly

Children will find the story charming, but it is really only a

thread upon which Mrs Outhwaite hangs a line of thirty-one

exquisite illustrations.

Spectator

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