The Bill-toppers (Illustrated Edition)

Jean Andr Castaigne (1860/61-1930) was a popular French painter, book illustrator and writer. He worked for many illustrated magazines that were popular at the time like The Century, Scribner[s, and Harpers. He illustrated many books including: F. Marion Crawford[s Casa Braccio (1895), S. Weir Mitchell[s The Adventures of Franois (1898), Harold MacGrath[s The Goose Girl (1909), Hallie Erminie Rives[ The Valiants of Virginia (1912), and was the first to illustrate Gaston Leroux[s The Phantom of the Opera (1910). Castaigne also wrote a number of books which he illustrated himself such as: Fata Morgana: A Romance of Art Student Life in Paris (1904) and The Bill-Toppers (1909).