JAG K AND THE BEAN-STALK HALLAM TENNYSON ILLUSTRATED BY RANDOLPH CALDECOTT University of California Berkeley From the Library of Charles Erskine Scott Wood and his Wife Sara Bard Field Given in Memory of JAMES R.CALDWELL K y JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK ENGLISH HEXAMETERS BY HALLAM TENNYSON ILLUSTRATED BY RANDOLPH CALDECOTT Pontoon MACMILLAN AND CO. AND NEW YORK 1886 PREFACE IN his last letter to me Caldecott wrote : ' I have been making several attempts at the Giant, and have been cogitating over the Illustrations to "Jack" generally. During the winter I shall be able to show you some of my ideas.' The following unfinished Sketches are the * ideas/ which, with Mrs. Caldecott's kind per- mission, have been reproduced. H. T. TO MY FATHER, IN RECOGNITION OF WHAT THIS BOOKLET OWES TO HIM, AND TO MY NEPHEWS, ' GOLDEN -HAIR'D' ALLY, CHARLIE, AND MICHAEL, WHO HAVE SO FAR CONDESCENDED AS TO HONOUR IT WITH THEIR APPROBATION. JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK JACK was a poor widow's heir, but he lived as a drone in a beehive, Hardly a handstir a day did he work. To squander her earnings Seem'd to the poor widow hard, who raved and scolded him always. Nought in her house was left ; not a cheese, not a loaf, not an onion ; Nought but a cow in her yard, and that must go to the market. " Sell me the cow," cried she ; then he sold it, gad ! for a handful Only to think ! of beans. She shied them out thro' the window, Cursing him : hied to her bed, there slept, but awoke in amazement, JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK Seeing a huge bean-stalk, many leaves, many pods, many flowers, Rise to the clouds more tall than a tall California pine- tree ; High as a lark was Jack, scarce seen, and climbing away there. "Where an' O where,'"" he shrill'd ; she beheld his boots disappearing ; Pod by pod Jack arose, till he came to a pod that alarm'd him. Bridge-like this long pod stretch'd out, and touch'd on an island Veil'd in vapour. A shape from the island waved him a signal, Waved with a shining hand, and Jack with an humble obeisance Crawl'd to the shape, who remark'd, " I gave those beans to ye, darling. I am a fairy, a friend to ye, Jack ; see yonder a Giant Lives, who slew your own good father, see what a fortress ! Enter it, have no fear, since I, your fairy, protect you." Jack march'd up to the gate, in a moment pass'd to the kitchen * "Where an' O where is my Highland laddie gone?" 10 JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK Led by the savoury smell. This Giant's wife with a ladle Basted a young elephant (Jack's namesake shriek'd and turn'd it). Back Jack shrank in alarm : with fat cheeks peony-bulbous, Ladle in hand, she stood, and spake in a tone of amuse- ment : " Oh ! what a cramp'd-up, small, unsesquipedalian object !" Then from afar came steps, heavy tramps, as a pavior hamm'ring ; Out of her huge moon-cheeks the redundant peony faded, Jack's lank hair she grabb'd, and, looking sad resolution, Popt him aghast in among her saucepans' grimy recesses. Then strode in, with a loud heavy-booted thunder of heel- taps, He with a tiger at heel her Giant, swarthy, colossal : " I smell flesh of a man ; yea, wife, tho' he prove but a morsel, Man tastes good." She replied, " Sure thou be'est failing in eyesight ; 'Tis but a young elephant, my sweetest lord, not a biped." Down he crook'd his monstrous knees, and rested his hip- bones, Call'd for his hen, said " Lay ;" so she, with a chuck cock- a-doodle, 11 JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK Dropt him an egg, pure gold, a refulgent, luminous oval, That was her use : when he push'd her aside, cried, " Bring me the meat now," Gorged his enormous meal, fell prone, and lost recollection. Jack from a saucepan watch'd his broad chest's monstrous upheavals : Then to the chamber above both dame and tiger ascended. "Now for it, hist!" says Jack "coast clear, and none to behold me," Airily Jack stole forth, and seized the plump, money- laying, Priceless, mystical hen ; ran forth, sped away to the bean- stalk, Heard from afar, then near, heavy tramps, as a pavior hamm'ring, Sprang down pod by pod, with a bounding, grasshopper action, Left the Colossus aghast at an edge of his own little island, Lighted on earth, whom she, that bare him, fondly saluting, Dropt a maternal tear, and dried that tear with her apron, 12 JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK Seeing him home and safe ; and after it, all was a hey-day, Lots of loaves, and tons of cheeses, a barnful of onions ; Cows and calves, and creams, and gold eggs piled to the ceilings : Horses, goats, and geese, and pigs, and pugs by the hundred. Ah ! but he found in a while his life of laziness irk- some. " Climb me," the bean-stalk said with a whisper. Jack, reascending, Swarm'd to the wonderful isle once more, and high habitation ; Led by the fairy return'd to the fortress, pass'd to the kitchen, Unseen, hied him again to the saucepans' grimy recesses, Peep'd out into the room. The plump wife, peony- bulbous, Toasted a constrictor, which roll'd in vast revolutions. Then strode in, strong -booted again, with a roar, the Colossus : Call'd for his harp, said " Play." So this, with a sharp treble ting-tong, Play'd him an air, a delightful, long-drawn, national anthem, 13 JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK Play'd him an air, untouch'd, (the strings, by a fairy magician Wrought, were alive). Then he shouted aloud, "Wife, bring me the meat now," Gorged his elongate meal ; the snake in warm revolutions, Making his huge bulk swell, disappear'd like Man's macaroni : After, he yawn'd and snored, fell prone, and lost recol- lection. So Jack seized the melodious harp, and bolted. A murmur "Master, master, a rascal, a rascal !" rang thro' the harp- strings. Quickly the monster awoke, and wielding a cudgel, an oak tree, Chased little Jack with a shout of mighty, maniacal anger ; Jack to the beanpod sprang with a leap, and desperate hurl'd his Limbs in a downward, furious, headlong pre-cipitation, But for a wink up -glanced ; his foeman's ponderous hob-nails Shone from aloft : down crash'd big pods, and bean avalanches. 14 JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK " Haste mother, haste mother, oh ! mother, haste, and bring me the hatchet !" Cried Jack, alighting on earth. She brought him an axe double-handed. Jack cleft clean thro' the haulm ; that Giant desperate hurl'd his Limbs in a downward, roaring, thund'ring pre-cipitation, Crash'd to the ground stone-dead with a crash as a crag from a mountain. " I'm your master now," said Jack to the harp at his elbow ; " There's your old 'un ! of him pray give your candid opinion !" Sweetly the mystical harp responded, " Master, a rascal !" 15 JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK 17 Jack was a poor widow's heir, but he lived as a drone in a beehive, Hardly a handstir a day did he work. To squander her earnings Seem'd to the poor widow hard, who raved and scolded him always. 18 "JACK." Nought in her house was left ; not a cheese, not a loaf, not an onion ; Nought but a cow in her yard, and that must go to the market. " Sell me the cow," cried she ; then he sold it, gad ! for a handful Only to think ! of beans. 20 21 She shied them out thro' the window, Cursing him : hied to her bed, there slept, but awoke in amazement, Seeing a huge bean-stalk, many leaves, many pods, many flowers, Pod by pod Jack arose, till he came to a pod that alarm'd him. Bridge-like this long pod stretch'd out, and touch'd on an island Veil'd in vapour. I AM A FAIRY.' A shape from the island waved him a signal, Waved with a shining hand, and Jack with an humble obeisance Crawl'd to the shape, who remark'd, " I gave those beans to ye, darling. I am a fairy, a friend to ye, Jack ; See yonder a Giant Lives, who slew your own good father, see what a fortress ! Enter it, have no fear, since I, your fairy, protect you." Jack march'd up to the gate, 2-1 'm In a moment pass'd to the kitchen Led by the savoury smell. This Giant's wife with a ladle Basted a young elephant (Jack's namesake shriek'd and turn'd it). Back Jack shrank in alarm : with fat cheeks peony- bulbous, Ladle in hand, she stood, and spake in a tone of amuse- ment : " Oh ! what a cramp'd-up, small, unsesquipedalian object ! " Then from afar came steps, heavy tramps, as a pavior hamm'ring ; Out of her huge moon-cheeks the redundant peony faded, Jack's lank hair she grabb'd, and, looking sad resolution, Popt him aghast in among her saucepans' grimy recesses. Then strode in, with a loud heavy-booted thunder of heel-taps, He with a tiger at heel her Giant, swarthy, colossal : HER GIANT/ HE WITH A TIGER. 30 " I smell flesh of a man ; yea, wife, tho' he prove but a morsel, Man tastes good." She replied, " Sure thou be'est failing in eyesight ; Tis but a young elephant, my sweetest lord, not a biped." Down he crook'd his monstrous knees, and rested his hip- bones, 33 Call'd for his hen, said, " Lay ;" so she, with a chuck cock- a-doodle, Dropt him an egg, pure gold, a refulgent, luminous oval, That was her use : when he push'd her aside, cried, " Bring me the meat now," Gorged his enormous meal, fell prone, and lost recollection. 34 Jack from a saucepan watch'd his broad chest's monstrous upheavals : Then to the chamber above both dame and tiger ascended. " Now for it, hist !" says Jack "coast clear, and none to behold me," Airily Jack stole forth, and seized the plump, money- laying, Priceless, mystical hen ; "HIS BROAD CHEST'S MONSTROUS UPHEAVALS." Ran forth, sped away to the bean-stalk, ^ Heard from afar, then near, heavy tramps, as a pavior hamm'ring, THEN NEAR." 40 Sprang down pod by pod, 41 S With a bounding, grasshopper action, Left the Colossus aghast at an edge of his own little island, 42 Lighted on earth, whom she, that bare him, fondly saluting, Dropt a maternal tear, and dried that tear with her apron, Seeing him home and safe ; and after it, all was a hey-day, 44 Lots of loaves, and tons of cheeses, a barnful of onions ; Cows and calves, and creams, and gold eggs piled to the ceilings : Horses, Goats, 47 And geese, 48 And pigs, And pugs by the hundred. U !DLE JACK." Ah ! but he found in a while his life of laziness irksome. " Climb me," the bean-stalk said with a whisper. Jack, reascending, Swarm'd to the wonderful isle once more, and high habitation ; Led by the fairy return'd to the fortress, pass'd to the kitchen, Unseen, hied him again to the saucepans' grimy recesses, Peep'd out into -the room. The plump wife, peony- bulbous, Toasted a constrictor, which roll'd in vast revolutions. 51 Then strode in, strong-booted again, with a roar, the Colossus : Call'd for his harp, said " Play." 53 So this, with a sharp treble ting-tong, Play'd him an air, a delightful, long-drawn, national anthem, Play'd him an air, untouch'd, (the strings, by a fairy magician Wrought, were alive). 54 55 Then he shouted aloud, " Wife, bring me the meat now," Gorged his elongate meal ; the snake in warm revolutions, Making his huge bulk swell, disappear'd like Man's macaroni : After, he yawn'd and snored, fell prone, and lost recollection. So Jack seized the melodious harp, And bolted. A murmur " Master, master, a rascal, a rascal ! " rang thro' the harp- strings. Quickly the monster awoke, and wielding a cudgel, an oak tree, Chased little Jack 61 With a shout of mighty, maniacal anger ; G3 Jack to the beanpod sprang with a leap, and desperate hurl'd his Limbs in a downward, furious, headlong pre-cipitation, But for a wink up-glanced ; his foeman's ponderous hob-nails Shone from aloft : 64 Down crash'd big pods, and bean avalanches. " Haste mother, haste mother, oh ! mother, haste, and bring me the hatchet ! " Cried Jack, alighting on earth. She brought him an axe double-handed. Jack cleft clean thro' the haulm ; that Giant desperate hurl'd his Limbs in a downward, roaring, thund'ring pre-cipitation, 07 Crash'd to the ground stone-dead, with a crash as a crag from a mountain. "I'm your master now," said Jack to the harp at his elbow ; " There's your old J un ! of him pray give your candid opinion !" Sweetly the mystical harp responded, " Master, a rascal !" 70 Printed by R. & R. CLARK, Edinburgh.