Dore has none of Schaefer's deep, religions faith. He has illustrated the Bible as he has illustrated Dante; and his work is all the more valuable on this very account.

Juxtaposing his preliminary sketch for "Mysterious Island" (1961) with a Doré illustration for Chateaubriand's novel "Atala," he notes that he borrowed the log bridge in an homage.

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