What was his amazement to find that the fountain was flowing over a maiden.

From "Dream Boats and Other Stories," written & illustrated by Dugald Stewart Walker, Garden City, New York: 1920 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/fountain-flowing/

She tied my boat to the North Star so I would not grow up while she was gone.

From "Dream Boats and Other Stories," written & illustrated by Dugald Stewart Walker, Garden City, New York: 1920 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/tied-boat/

The ship went away as swiftly as any bird in the air.

Henry Justice Ford, from "The Red Fairy Book" by Andrew Lang, London, New York: 1890 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/ship-went-away/