It was the story of a little mouse named Mr. Mogo Mouse in Czechoslovakia. As far as literature goes, it wasn’t much of a story. What is remembered about Mr. Mogo Mouse 80 years after the book was published is the artwork. The pages were filled with art deco illustrations, which one bookseller has said is similar to the work of The Bobsey Twins illustrator Janet Laura Scott. However, these illustrations were drawn by Jane Beachy Miller of Cumberland who was described as a pretty and “somewhat madcap” young artist by the Cumberland Evening Times. Miller graduated from Allegany High and from there went on to the Maryland Institute of Art to pursue her passion as an artist. She graduated with an art degree and a scholarship that allowed her to travel through Europe in 1928 and study art. Miller Read more…