33. The Children of Llyr, Evangeline Walton. August, 1971. 1st and last cover by David Johnston.

Fisherman and the Genie, Frank E. Schoonover. 1932. Cover by by Laurence Housman

51. The Song of Rhiannon, Evangeline Walton. August, 1972. 3rd cover by David Johnston.

The perfect cover David Johnston forces to recollect Stories from the Arabian Nights written Frank E. Schoonover. This book has left in 1932. Publishing house Garden City Publishing Co. Inc. (New York) has invited the artist Laurence Housman. By oil on a canvas it has drawn a cover Fisherman and the Genie. His signature it is possible to disassemble on a canvas below on the right. Is not subject to doubt, that, the minimum, in two works David Johnston is traced connection with prewar by classics of the American illustration. The speech goes about covers to the novels Evangeline Walton The Children of Llyr (33, august, 1971) and The Song of Rhiannon (51, august, 1972). Confirming the think I have placed perfect creation Laurence Housman between the best works executed David Johnston for Ballantine Adult Fantasy. Pay attention to similarity in transfer of movement of clouds or hair of the huge man. The confused hair and the clouds give prospect.
The Island of the Mighty - the first book Evangeline Walton (1907-1996) in a series Ballantine Adult Fantasy. It is last novel from Mabinogi was issued by first in 1936. The text is known under the second name The Virgin and the Swine. Anatoliy Jurkin (St.-Petersburg).

Evangeline Walton.

Dates of the first publications of the considered novels:

• 1. The Prince of Annwn (1974)
• 2. The Children of Llyr (1971)
• 3. The Song of Rhiannon (1972)
• 4. The Island of the Mighty (1936)