{"id":78827,"date":"2014-10-30T19:23:28","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T23:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=78827"},"modified":"2014-10-31T04:23:29","modified_gmt":"2014-10-31T08:23:29","slug":"the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/","title":{"rendered":"The Not-So-Ghastly Ghosts of Arthur B. Frost"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"14590357087_2c00293b5f_o\"<\/a><\/p>\n

These are a few of Arthur B. Frost\u2019s illustrations for Lewis Carroll\u2019s \u201cPhantasmagoria,\u201d as collected in Rhyme? And Reason?<\/em><\/a> in 1884. Frost was part of the Golden Age of American Illustration; he illustrated more than ninety books, including a few by Carroll. <\/p>\n

\"reason00carrrhymerich_0075\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"reason00carrrhymerich_0067\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"reason00carrrhymerich_0059\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"reason00carrrhymerich_0041\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"reason00carrrhymerich_0039\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"reason00carrrhymerich_0033\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"reason00carrrhymerich_0035\"]<\/a> \"reason00carrrhymerich_0010\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

These are a few of Arthur B. Frost\u2019s illustrations for Lewis Carroll\u2019s \u201cPhantasmagoria,\u201d as collected in Rhyme? And Reason? in 1884. Frost was part of the Golden Age of American Illustration; he illustrated more than ninety books, including a few by Carroll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2384],"tags":[15859,6696,1146,2783,594,15860,6053,15861],"class_list":["post-78827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-look","tag-arthur-b-frost","tag-ghosts","tag-halloween","tag-illustrations","tag-lewis-carroll","tag-phantasmagoria","tag-public-domain","tag-rhyme-and-reason"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Not-So-Ghastly Ghosts of Arthur B. Frost<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A collection of illustrations for Lewis Carroll\u2019s \u201cPhantasmagoria.\u201d\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Not-So-Ghastly Ghosts of Arthur B. Frost by Dan Piepenbring\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"October 30, 2014 \u2013 These are a few of Arthur B. Frost\u2019s illustrations for Lewis Carroll\u2019s \u201cPhantasmagoria,\u201d as collected in Rhyme? And Reason? in 1884. Frost was part of the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Paris Review\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/parisreview\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-10-30T23:23:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-10-31T08:23:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/14590357087_2c00293b5f_o.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1812\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dan Piepenbring\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@parisreview\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@parisreview\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dan Piepenbring\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dan Piepenbring\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6b16ca558fc538230f135c3220dfd3c8\"},\"headline\":\"The Not-So-Ghastly Ghosts of Arthur B. Frost\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-10-30T23:23:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-10-31T08:23:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/\"},\"wordCount\":50,\"commentCount\":3,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/14590357087_2c00293b5f_o.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Arthur B Frost\",\"ghosts\",\"Halloween\",\"illustrations\",\"Lewis Carroll\",\"Phantasmagoria\",\"public domain\",\"Rhyme? And Reason\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Look\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/\",\"name\":\"The Not-So-Ghastly Ghosts of Arthur B. Frost\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/14590357087_2c00293b5f_o.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-10-30T23:23:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-10-31T08:23:29+00:00\",\"description\":\"A collection of illustrations for Lewis Carroll\u2019s \u201cPhantasmagoria.\u201d\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/14590357087_2c00293b5f_o.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/14590357087_2c00293b5f_o.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Not-So-Ghastly Ghosts of Arthur B. Frost\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"The Paris Review\",\"description\":\"The best prose, interviews, poetry, and art. Since 1953.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Paris Review\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tpr-hadada-roundell-logo-square.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tpr-hadada-roundell-logo-square.png\",\"width\":696,\"height\":696,\"caption\":\"The Paris Review\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/parisreview\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/parisreview\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/parisreview\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6b16ca558fc538230f135c3220dfd3c8\",\"name\":\"Dan Piepenbring\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6fde7ced443ba5b52db3b06239dca8a2eaeff111fccecd7bf483663c99d2762b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6fde7ced443ba5b52db3b06239dca8a2eaeff111fccecd7bf483663c99d2762b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dan Piepenbring\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/author\/dpiepenbring\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Not-So-Ghastly Ghosts of Arthur B. Frost","description":"A collection of illustrations for Lewis Carroll\u2019s \u201cPhantasmagoria.\u201d","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Not-So-Ghastly Ghosts of Arthur B. Frost by Dan Piepenbring","og_description":"October 30, 2014 \u2013 These are a few of Arthur B. Frost\u2019s illustrations for Lewis Carroll\u2019s \u201cPhantasmagoria,\u201d as collected in Rhyme? And Reason? in 1884. Frost was part of the","og_url":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/","og_site_name":"The Paris Review","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/parisreview\/","article_published_time":"2014-10-30T23:23:28+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-10-31T08:23:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1812,"height":2560,"url":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/14590357087_2c00293b5f_o.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Dan Piepenbring","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@parisreview","twitter_site":"@parisreview","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dan Piepenbring"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/"},"author":{"name":"Dan Piepenbring","@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6b16ca558fc538230f135c3220dfd3c8"},"headline":"The Not-So-Ghastly Ghosts of Arthur B. Frost","datePublished":"2014-10-30T23:23:28+00:00","dateModified":"2014-10-31T08:23:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/"},"wordCount":50,"commentCount":3,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/14590357087_2c00293b5f_o.jpg","keywords":["Arthur B Frost","ghosts","Halloween","illustrations","Lewis Carroll","Phantasmagoria","public domain","Rhyme? And Reason"],"articleSection":["Look"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/","url":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/","name":"The Not-So-Ghastly Ghosts of Arthur B. Frost","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/14590357087_2c00293b5f_o.jpg","datePublished":"2014-10-30T23:23:28+00:00","dateModified":"2014-10-31T08:23:29+00:00","description":"A collection of illustrations for Lewis Carroll\u2019s \u201cPhantasmagoria.\u201d","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/14590357087_2c00293b5f_o.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/14590357087_2c00293b5f_o.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/the-not-so-ghastly-ghosts-of-arthur-b-frost\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Not-So-Ghastly Ghosts of Arthur B. Frost"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/","name":"The Paris Review","description":"The best prose, interviews, poetry, and art. Since 1953.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#organization","name":"The Paris Review","url":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tpr-hadada-roundell-logo-square.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tpr-hadada-roundell-logo-square.png","width":696,"height":696,"caption":"The Paris Review"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/parisreview\/","https:\/\/x.com\/parisreview","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/parisreview"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6b16ca558fc538230f135c3220dfd3c8","name":"Dan Piepenbring","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6fde7ced443ba5b52db3b06239dca8a2eaeff111fccecd7bf483663c99d2762b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6fde7ced443ba5b52db3b06239dca8a2eaeff111fccecd7bf483663c99d2762b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Dan Piepenbring"},"url":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/author\/dpiepenbring\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78827"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78837,"href":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78827\/revisions\/78837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}