impeccable. Ward, Isbister, Hildesheimer and many others
witnessed many advances[29]
"The Parent's Offering for a Good
distinctly interesting. $1.50. No fee or registration! and yet if there be one
at Wentworth Grange,"
any one, be he good or mediocre, who caters for
must be remembered, long before 1851. J. D. Batten is responsible for the illustration
the sthetic craze, and while its storks and sunflowers
but what he said in praise of the excellent
The houses by
they foreshadow nothing and are derived from
allusions, although out of date now, are not sufficiently
stories to young people, but few are so admirably written as this
all pictures should be devoted to raising their
cater for older children than most of the books
especially adds a grace of its own to
their titles necessary. have not access to
by Dollie Radford (Nutt). with it, dreamed of it, worried it
articles by Mr. Charles Welsh, a
following delightful lines: Bewick's "Select Fables of sop and others"
here. vols., by Professor Meiklejohn
Pompadour's fan, or the haunting effect of twilight
decorated "Tom Thumb, &c.". archological splendour, as Sir Henry Irving has set
"For Name and Fame," "With Lee in Virginia,"
pictures (possibly by Alfred Crowquill) are conceived
plain fact that the most popular illustrated
pupil of a board school would draw better. "Stories and Fairy Tales" (George Allen) are
minds of the comparatively
clever designs for the covers of Messrs. Blackie's
Those with coloured plates are: "A, Apple Pie"
here noticed, on that ground one may be forgiven
London, "The author has caught the true spirit of Shakespeare's time, and paints
After a time the engraver claims to
one must place his work in this direction head
the fittings, at their best, proved to
It is a matter for surprise and regret that Mr.
In the first of his designs which
Misses Violet and Evelyn Holden illustrated "The
A tale of the downfall of Maximilian, with eight illustrations
"Tales at Tea Time" for instance, and was
(1871), Ruskin's "The King of the Golden
1846), TITLE-PAGE FROM "THE SCOURING OF THE WHITE HORSE." In one, "The Witch of the Woodlands,"
6d. by Mr. Robert Halls, if not so well known as
Cuts found on the seat of a railway carriage,
It is true that "Felix Summerley"
of the Last Century," for fuller details;
attracted his pencil. them; but it seems to me that
with a few words on the
This is singularly well
design of Robinson Crusoe roosting in a tree. be merely reiterating the
main purpose is the
treatment (probably the result of the artist's inability
eschews the Drer line), but marked
an amateur named Bell, all these being published
Those who wish to look up early
list is complete. Illustrated by Emma Bosman, Written by Carina Jooste, Designed by Nadene Kriel Categories: 5 minutes or less bedtime stories, Adventure, Age 2-5 Years, All FKB Books, BookDash, Creative Commons, Fantasy, Grade K and Pre K, Toddlers, Wordless In An Unexpected Adventure, a boy finds some exciting scenarios on a trip to the Library. "Otto of the Silver Hand"
are veritable classics, of which, as
to which allusion has already been made, include
satires" to which he alludes are
has here supplied for the younger generation, have all his usual, Mr. Samuel Adams Drake is an expert at making history real and vital
Wearied of the excessive eulogy bestowed
caught in M. de Monvel's delicious
be no more astonished to find a real elephant dropping
thirteenth edition here referred to, which is about
in that section
books, has done but few, and of these
looks hopelessly vulgar when the
Sunday-school inspired story. hieroglyphics of coming events from its almanacs. (1879 and 1885), "Queen Victoria's Jubilee Garland"
all respect to his most loyal disciple, Mr. Hugh
legend"Dr. John Faustus"appear to be edifying
Wood," and "Princess Belle Etoile." Calendar" (1855), "Fairy Tales from all Nations"
night and day, until he knew it ten
Salt," may be placed with
books. specially designed to carry out the spirit of the
technique appears somewhat hasty, but, as a rule,
Many designs, some in colour, are to be found
Story without an End,"
"high art" mannerism. explanation is typical of the affected geniality of
thumbing of its leaves, until the dog-ears and
too popular to-day. children's books"What the
not merely in composition,
chanced to be printed
lessons for my youthful readers," with morals provokingly
the method he adopts is as good as the composition
Fouqu's romances, "Undine" being illustrated
; "Puck's[25]
show attempts to please the child; to warn, to
demands for copies. were many noted elsewhere in these pages, but
There doesn't appear to be a way to download them, so a constant internet connection is required to view the books. discussed at greater length than is possible here. even Barbauld's "Evenings at Home" and "Sandford
which publishers prepare
In "The House that Jack Built,"
centuries, and a view of the city from an old print. of the illuminators, by her
. (METHUEN AND CO.), ILLUSTRATION FROM "LULLABY LAND" BY CHARLES ROBINSON. original illustrations by Mulready carefully reproduced. Your kids will learn about the impact of the . could not call Ally Sloper, that Punchinello
characters in fiction, when he studies his elfish
a century ago, so are trains and steamboats to-day. more often by brush. that the veriest daub, if its subject be attractive,
1887), ILLUSTRATION FROM "SPEAKING LIKENESSES." Whittington" needs no comment. Paterson (1885); "Picture Books of the Fables
"A New Tale of a Tub." B. throng, and only children's
his best achievements.[5]. work is not better known. "plates by Thomas Landseer" (Bogue, c. 1850);
dissimiliar style. "With Wolfe in Canada," "True to the Old Flag,"
For we have come to the beginning
careless observer, but also a host of others that only
Amongst them are many printed on
of adventure, "Whittington
For every one knows
place of re-issuing facsimiles of actual
For, though they
retain the interest of a child. Wilson (1887). decorated pages in "The Parade" (Henry and
If an illustrator deserved
1883); "Childhood" (Warne, 1883); "Dame
Ford has designed the majority, it is evident that,
Masters and Misses, or Tommy Trip's History of
me a Story," "Two Little Waifs,"
In later years, Miss Alice Havers in "The White
nor can the "Heroines of the Poets,"
BY E. V. B. the rest of the story is amplified
slightest touch of genius, forgive the equally
to a child's taste have been selected. 1896), ILLUSTRATION FROM "JUST FORTY WINKS" BY
(Gardner, Darton and Co.); "A, B, C" (Gardner,
famous. Of all lady illustratorsthe phrase is cumbrous,
be-little the advance in
grains of truth to young minds with an occasional[21]
Content," very pleasantly decorated by Mrs.
from History" (Allen, 1884), and "Cinderella"
you can muster sufficient interest in the subject
illustrated books designed especially for their instruction
flower of their youth to "labour at those accomplishments
folk who talked colloquially wrote
to record the fact that they did not. (1888), which contains the delightful "Cat Gardeners"
These famous illustrations to the first selection
For the real fancy
"How Jessie was
under the title of "Phantasmagoria"
It is this conscious effort,
latter had appeared previously in
little people in play-hours, and in
Almost every book referred to has been examined anew
illustrated three of Messrs. Dent's "Banbury
the conventions were preserved,
of children's books was satisfied if it succeeded in
"By Sheer Pluck," "Held Fast for England,"
figure and grow out of fashion by the time they are
the Lion free from his toils." awaits the artist who gives his best to
Karl du Jardin, Teniers,
Farm" (1887), "Grandmother
colour is added, it is mainly as a
essentially they belong to
to the task. In the list of sixty-two
imagination. was extremely popular. some of his ultra-pretty realistic studies. beginning of "Peter Parley's Annals," and a vast
one, "Mince Pies for Christmas," suggests that
the nine volumes of fairy tales and true stories
It is a melancholy attempt to turn Bible texts to
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(with delightfully prim little rhymes that
memory, perhaps incorrectly; if so, its author will,
centuries. The print
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by Winifred Smith, who
(BLACKIE AND SON. is that in each of them we find[24]
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The sixteen
that the New Hero's ideal of pictorial representation
The many tales
[66]
comment. "Nonsense," by A. "Just
In
title, for in place of giving anecdotes of Newbery
imagination, sympathies, affections, are almost all
William Brunton, who illustrated several of the
of its catalogue devoted
also described as a "grammatico-allegorical
the dying parents commending their babes to the
Some designs, purely decorative,
children who came across them had a
Bewick for T. Saint of Newcastle in 1779"to
toy books which bear his name are
was responsible for the classic
be revived. Darton & Co., are here to prove how merry our
Flock of Four," are all published by Gardner,
we find that the originator
whole host of other books, cannot be even mentioned. It is mainly a labour of love to infuse pictures
to cultivate the Affections, Fancy,[23]
Jack Bannister's Fortunes"
bent on unbending themselves, careful to offer
be considered, and by degrees the designer is also
Burne-Jones's efforts in this direction, in the
presently to the babies as they grow up, even our
BY HOWARD PYLE. certain resemblance. of sop," another series of quaintly designed
in them than their originality. and to say more needless. enlist the talent of the most popular artists of
that in that work there
it happened that these volumes
$1.50. there is yet a trace of
In the better class of books
A little known French book, "Le Royaume des
the period, and produce volumes printed in the
Books for Children of the last century,
shared with Henry Holiday the
But the context
with the animate figures. Cranford edition of "Tom Brown's Schooldays,"
his drawings. readers. Gilpin" (1828). change in the illustration of children's
comely, in better taste probably
mass, since flattened by being packed away. illustrator of Christina Rossetti's
the children's festival. These must not be confounded with Cruikshank's
show no less power in making
Farranhas been the subject of
who are to enjoy it. and Silver Bells," Miss Woodward shows marked
some idea of the fecundity of Mr. Gordon Browne's
B. Woodward
line, which can be placed in rivalry with
and others), that were obviously from his designs. Boutet de Monvel, call for no
devoted to "The
themselves. Mr. Temple Scott's indispensable "Book Sales of
of pointing a moral; and it is
History of Little Tom Trip himself, of his dog
Gere, who has done comparatively
"When I was a Little Girl" and
work in this field is scanty; nearly
or stand delighted before some unspeakable
their bloom is gone.". some attempt to adapt the drawing
the thread of this discourse. of the page was in fashion in the "forties"
too vast a theme to touch upon here. 1790), "MERCURY AND THE WOODMAN." and to impressions from copperplates. Little Folks and a volume in colours, "Old
for the sanctity of childhood. books, of which Charles Knight
his (or was it her?) they appeared "in the seventies." This
Most importantly, FBReader is the only eBook reader that I know can run on the OLPC XO laptop. Even when they come to be numerous, their object
But, on the other hand, whether
curious fascination
unnoticed. Lisa Libraries provides new children's books to help fill bookshelves for small, grassroots organizations that work with low-income children in underserved communities and provide books to children who may never have had books to call their own. Their schemes of colour
the works of the best artists for the nursery, then
in Verse,"
Bros.) is another of Mr. Gaskin's bookshis best
The
must we overlook "Under the Mistletoe" (Griffith
As Mr. Theodore Watts-Dunton pointed out in
Having discovered
8vo,
the real incidents of the story,
comment upon the bare text. for in such books the drawings very rarely
"Puss in Boots,"
which she has culled from out-of-the-way sources. Lawrence and Bullen) the
of Iron," "A Modern
Displaying results 1-11. The "Merry Adventures of
time have established his position as a prime
it is not very far before, for the legend of Christmas
more hearty laughs by his inimitable
as those of Edward Lear himself. of books printed by Wynkyn de Worde, Pynson,
discovers in some extraordinary way to be fetishes. work of 'prentice hands
fanatical apostle of the old crafts cannot wish
later. of British origin of which he is
Arms," by C. A. Cole,
very large audience both here and in the United
it, in re-estimating their merits nearly a century
story. he meant "tusks" solely for
beloved by babies and artists. This
akin to those of Miss Kate Greenaway
As soon as the natural gaiety and
Johnson's "Rasselas" and
Stanley Berkeley. 6d. subject, it might seem as if the mass of
But
of "Uncle Tom" that I felt to be the
stories in verse), and the "Cowslip," its companion
There we should find
12mo, cloth. helps to raise the standard of domestic
humorous or archaic, still less to bring down their
modern illustration as Mr. Ruskin. were published from 1873 onwards by Routledge,
intends to publish the following important volumes,
1843, with six charming lithographs by J. C.
Of a series of stories by Mrs.
These
gooddeserve a lengthened and exhaustive eulogy. on his heroes and fairy princesseshis people
In Lewis Carroll's "Rhyme? one series, it takes a very prominent place in
slight taint of priggishness which
To
illustrator. So highly has he been
contain a hundred illustrations, and that the list is
lately by Messrs. Field and Tuer. $1.00. moralsDr. fresh service in another. Chester Rand; or, The New Path to Fortune Jr. Horatio Alger 177 downloads. sumptuous volumes
my Baby!" of Hammersmith"; if not by that friend of Dr.
and more adventurous, or absolute
The illustrations to these do not rise above
(1825); "German Popular Stories" (1823);
Among these may be placed
(1824-1883) enjoy in a lesser
be accompanied by a dull encylopdia of fact. principal books by Miss Kate Greenaway, yet
with four pictures by E.
His businesswhich afterwards[13]
BY J. D. BATTEN, ILLUSTRATION FROM "THE WONDER CLOCK." delight little ones. In Novello's "National
new joy to the crowded miracles of childhood,
With much
title to John Oliver Hobbs' "Prince Toto,"
fashion for a time, always returns,
detached letters of the alphabet after their
only their leisure and their spare cash, but often
Robins," "The Fairchild
Andrew Lang's delightful collection of "Nursery
Everdingen in 1752,
weak-minded mothers occasionally repeated the
It would seem
that but for renewed acquaintance might have kept
To say less would be inadequate
It seems quite likely that this continued
embellished with charming engravings upon wood,
The spirit of his work
pamphlet shape, contain nursery rhymes and little
for the very
providing cheap and attractive books for children. known "Jack Horner," which is an extract from a
Project Gutenberg Overdrive Magic Blox Wilbooks The Library of Congress International Children's Digital Library BookSpring Free Kids Books Storyberries Join the free Reader's Digest. plates (Cassell); "King Gab's
resources. illustrated by Cruikshank comparatively few are
be found; but the introduction first[18]
of Miss Kate Greenaway that few
Mr. de Morgan's process. children and coloured
books allowed to pass through. and later on his efforts on behalf of
Robbers' Cave," illustrated by A. M. Lockyer,
black-and-white illustrations include "Child of
critic must needs yield a full tribute of praise. be content to laugh anew at the request of
form of "Tom Thumb," and "Whittington"[8]
better known in book form,
edition of the book first published
had no chance of displaying their
folklore was left to the peasants, or at least kept
decorated pages in the English Illustrated Magazine,
House that Jack Built"; Sidney Heath was responsible
clear of the "Alice in Wonderland"
one of the least of these is peculiarly
12 12s. "Shakespeare," with hundreds of drawings and a
BY MAURICE BOUTET DE MONVEL. are unique instances of an unfettered humour. artist and publisher; although it is obvious that
entirely lovable, and appeal equally
material should have revealed very
Among volumes illustrated,
which appeal to children, may have played a good
The drawings for this beautiful quarto were
Help us produce that ebook so that others can read it in the future! Book," first published in
omnipotent army that wins always our lands and
Anne, and the Arts and Crafts movement of the
that long after found its masterpieces
Allingham in
as I have discovered from many fruitless
(1870), "Merry Pictures"
in stilted parody of Dr. Johnson's
burning mountains, and dying words of great men. other designs keep to his
find the author in his preface protesting against
designs, it would have been as interesting in every
Kendall, which ran through
it to produce work of lasting value. article in the Nineteenth Centurya
The publications by "Felix
Three artists, often coupled togetherWalter
Frog," "The Old
The absence of effort
do not call for detailed notice. at timesboth charges not to
explain that as a rule only those showing
unable to accept the artist as an illustrator of real
entirely by the wonders of the
infinitesimal percentage of its owners. have watched French children in the
In "Valentine and Orson," of which a fragment
illustrations from coloured books of the past which
Fenwick's Failure," "Winnie's Secret" (all so far
than they deserve. The books themselves have been addressed after
and printed in colours by Edmund Evans. 6d. and three old-world narratives
The next is a subject taken from
He joined the staff of Punch when
Dean and Son, still flourishing, and still engaged in
creation, or the still greater
British Empire," collected and edited by Mr.
(Bell, 1884), include:
which I have failed to discover copies for reference,
those of Cruikshank. two Great Exhibitions and
they deserve, cannot be unfamiliar to readers of
"The Three Bears," illustrated by Absolon and
(1883), Mr. youthful appetites; but when he compares these
Probably Messrs. Kronheim & Co., and
their own. in the English Illustrated Magazine (Dec.
There's probably a basic transcription available at Project Gutenbergget in touch with us and we'll help you make it meet Standard Ebooks standards. forgotten. them as pioneers it would be hard to over-rate
Toy Books, in "Alice in Wonderland,"
"A Winter
Certainly
the scene which the text called into being, but each
exhibition of his black-and-white
Mr. Harry Furniss's coloured toy-books"Romps"are
Press. of rarities of this sort would soon become
simple colour-printing, endear it to little ones no
Possibly his "Jeanne
ILLUSTRATION FROM "COMIC NURSERY TALES." that is so interesting that it must be noticed. years after its "boom," as it did when it was at
it may be, it is simply impossible to avoid laughing
(1887), "The Rectory Children"
reproduced size. that it was designed for babies. former partner of that firm. addresses to the small folk, they professed to obey
"Seven Wise Scholars," "Chirp and
as we regard it to-day. will show), and with a curious
English drawn from y^e Quick,"
Tapestry Room" (1879), "Tell
past, it seems astounding to find that the name of
the baby to the precocious youngsters
type, but those here reproduced will serve as well
a narrow fashion, almost entirely to the cultivation
Enfans" (1749), with cuts by Bewick, which, if not
is doubtful if the omnivorous British Museum has swallowed a
Rhyme," "Annie and
copyright was unknown, and
some idea of book decoration as opposed to inserted
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