A novel about the love of King Solomon for a servant girl.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

Come away to Ancient Jerusalem in the time of King Solomon - a city of great splendor and great squalor, of many gods and goddesses, of paupers and kings. Behold the beating heart of the Middle East, whose economic and political affairs reach far and wide and impact lands hundreds of miles away. Barbarism and wisdom. A novel about the love of King Solomon for a servant girl.

Maidens and Love is one of the four wonderful and inspirational gift books illustrated by Sulamith Wulfing. No other artist has captured the wonders of nature, fairies and angels as eloquently as Sulamith Wulfing. Her paintings make this magical world apparent to the naked eye. This is a series of illustrated gift books that combine her paintings with beautiful works of poetry. Maidens and Love includes some of Wulfing's most famous paintings of loving couples, as well as of maidens of otherworldly loveliness. The art is complemented with poems by Shelley, Wordsworth and others.

Teenaged Eddie tries to make up to his family for his father's lack of warmth and financial support, but seems doomed to tragedy at every turn.