Charles E. Meister

Little is known of this artist, who enjoyed some success as an illustrator with the Page Company in Boston. Meister illustrated several books in the "Little Cousin" and "Little Cousins of Long Ago" series; these included Evaleen Stein's Frankish Cousin, Celtic Cousin, and Crusader Cousin.

Meister may have been best known for his illustrations for books by George Barton, a journalist and writer based in Philadelphia who published several works of detective fiction with the Page Company during the second decade of the twentieth century.

View more books illustrated by Charles E. Meister:

Barton, George. The Mystery of the Red Flame. Boston: The Page Company, 1918. Courtesy of HathiTrust.

Barton, George. The Pembroke Mason Affair. Boston: The Page Company, 1920. Courtesy of HathiTrust.

Saxe, Mary S. Our Little Quebec Cousin. Boston: The Page Company, 1919. Retrieved from the Library of Congress.

Winlow, Clara Vostrovsky. Our Little Roumanian Cousin. Boston: The Page Company, 1917. Courtesy of HathiTrust.

Front cover of "Our Little Frankish Cousin of Long Ago."

Rainolf

"'You shall be one of my pages.'"

"Malagis pursed up his lips and smiled."

"It was the day of the great boar hunt."

"'With his dying breath drew a long blast.'"

"A monk was writing a chapter from the Bible in letters of gold."

Front cover of "Our Little Celtic Cousin of Long Ago."

Ferdiad

"They picked out the boat in which they had come."

"Ferdiad's eyes grew wide with horror."

"Thus it was the soothsayer's prophecy was fulfilled."

"He was standing in front of a tall, cruel looking man."

"The drifting leaves had protected it from the weather."

Front cover of "Our Little Crusader Cousin of Long Ago."

Hugh [and] Raymond

"Hugh ran forward and pulled up the dart."

"King Richard, who played and sang for Malek Adel."

"'Lifted his shield before his face.'"

"Richard sat up, dazed at first."

"He gave him a wonderful jewel for his cap."