READ FOR LiBRiVOX BY NOEL BAD RIAN o c (0 O o (0 o E E 3 CO c o o 3 O "O c (0 o o (/) c £ CO o Walter Crane (1845 - 1915) was a renowned artist and the illustrator of numerous books, among them "The Happy Prince and Other Stories" by Oscar Wilde and Edmund Spenser's "Faerie Queene" as well as many collections of Fairy Stories. He is considered as one of the most influential and indeed prolific illustrators and creators of children's books.