The magic of libraries

      "He thinks of the library in his father's house in Kensington; far smaller than this grand open-roofed hall, but sharing the magic of all libraries, which is that the books on their shelves open onto infinite space."

From Motherland by William Nicholson.

Painting: The Reader by Harold Knight, c.1910.

There is another Nicholson/Knight pairing here.

Comments

[Lila]

Thank-you for both of these pairings! Well done!
Having been both a librarian and a painter, I appreciate the window and opening of space ideas!
Reading your blog has broadened my world in the nicest way, too....another window!

[Cornflower]

Thankyou, Lila!