Another hill?

It really is a book about walking, isn't it?

I'm a bit of a stickler for artistic fidelity. If you're going to illustrate something, you'd better have done your reading. Granted, I'm not sure that there's mention of fairies, but some liberties are allowed. But there will be no jester-Schmendricks in blue tights and patches here. And every harpy is drawn according to her mythic blueprint.

Is now the time to leap onto my soapbox regarding the differences between artists and illustrators?

Nah.