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fied wiiole, for while the single incident is interpreted as related to
the text, taken as a gtoup they tell their own story. This must be
a carry-over from the narrative elements of his woodcut novels:
Gods' Man, Wild Pilgrimage, and Song Without Words, to men¬
tion a few. Is it any wonder, since the story is implicit in his work,
that he has become known as a story teller without words?

Over the fifty or more years of his professional life as an artist
and practitioner of the graphic arts, Lynd AA'ard has produced
literally thousands of illustrations. Many of his books have been
included in the "Fifty Books of the Year" selections of the Ameri¬
can Institute of Graphic Arts. In addition, he has received many
awards and honors: The National Academy of Design Award,
the Caldecott Medal, the Silver Medal of The Limited Editions
Club, the John Taylor Arms .Memorial Prize, the Samuel F. B.
Morse Gold Medal, the Zella de Milhau Prize, and Library of Con¬
gress Awards. He has had many one-man shows, the last having
been given in 1974 by the Associated American Artists of New
York City.

Lynd Ward, by any standard of judgment, is one of the fore¬
most artist-illustrators in America. He is one artist who has de¬
voted the major portion of his time to the illustration of books. His
work has won universal acceptance—and this is his greatest reward.