Arthur Rackham. From A Wonder Book by Nathaniel Hawthorne. “To his great perplexity, however, excellent as the glasses were, he discovered that he could not possibly see through them. But this was the most natural thing in the world; for, on taking them off, the transparent crystals turned out to be plates of yellow metal, and, of course, were worthless as spectacles, though valuable as gold.” http://books0977.tumblr.com/post/141545040172/king-midas-trying-to-read-1922-arthur-rackham