The captivating image on the cover of this Paperblanks journal comes from the first edition of Scottish poet and anthropologist Andrew Lang's <I>The Violet Fairy Book.<I> Compiled in 1901 by Lang, illustrated by Henry Justice Ford and published under the editorial direction of Lang's wife, Leonora Alleyne, the book was one in a 12-part series known as <I>Lang's Fairy Books,<I> with each book named for the colour of its fairy.