while I'd chance the second while," replied the ass. "It's bachelor's talk," said the spider; "all the same, we can't keep away from them," and so saying he began to move all his legs at once in the direction of the wall. "You can only die once," said he. A later edition, published by the Macmillan Company in 1922 was issued with fanciful drawings by American artist Wilfred Jones (Illustrator, 1888 - 1968). A 1926 edition featured illustrations by Thomas Mackenzie (illustrator). Arthur Rackham was to have illustrated the book, but died in 1939 before he could. Some editions have a foreword by Walter de la Mare. Reception Dave Langford reviewed The Crock of Gold for White Dwarf #84, and stated that "Bag this for your shelf of fantasy classics: it may go out of print for further decades." References External links The Crock of Gold in its 1912 edition, downloadable from the Internet Archive The Crock of Gold by James Stephens at Project Gutenberg Irish fairy tales Irish fantasy novels Philosophical novels 1912 novels 20th-century Irish novels