24 May The literary calendar
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How, then, was the Devil dressed? Oh! he was in his Sunday's best; His coat was red, and his breeches were blue, And there was a hole where his tail came through.
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- Albert Richard Smith: Kevin Bryant, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Mona Caird: H. S. Mendelssohn, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Arthur Wing Pinero: Bain News Service, publisher., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Arnold Wesker: Simon James from Darlington, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Jane Porter: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Charlotte Mary Yonge: Duke Yonge, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Henry Kingsley: published by John Lane, NY, 1906, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- A. Hamilton Gibbs: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Tanith Lee: Danie Ware, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized