Cossack fairy tales and folk tales
A 1916 London collection of Cossack and Ruthenian folk and fairy tales, retold by R. Nisbet Bain and illustrated by Noel L. Nisbet, aimed at general and young readers. The pictures are black-and-white linocut-style scenes with bold dark outlines and flat hatched areas, showing devils, a weighing scale, a saint, a crowd of kneeling figures, and a cottage interior; a designer might borrow their heavy contour line and folkloric costume for bold, rustic graphics.
