Paul Leicester Ford. A Warning to Lovers, Sauce for the Goose is Sauce for the Gander. New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1906.
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Paul Leicester Ford. A Warning to Lovers, Sauce for the Goose is Sauce for the Gander. New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1906.
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The “coloured” Andrew Lang book this week is the Red Fairy Book, originally published in 1890. The colour of this book, though, is all on the cover. The illustrations are all black and white and done in the Victorian style of the period. I’ve included some of my favourites, mostly animal-related and including a dragon, below the fold. I hope you enjoy.
Andrew Lang. The Red Fairy Book. Illustrated by H.J. Ford and Lancelot Speed. London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1890.
Evelyn Raymond. Little Lady of the Horse. Boston, Roberts brothers, 1894.
Illustrated by Ella DuCane. Described by Florence DuCane. Flowers and Gardens of Japan. London, A. and C. Black, 1908.
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Hamilton Wike. Mother Owl; Bedtime Stories. Philadelphia, Pa., National publishing co., 1921.
Evelyn Raymond. My Lady Barefoot; A Story for Girls. Philadelphia, The Penn pub. co., 1899
Andrew Lang. The Violet Fairy Book. Illustrated by H.H. Ford. London, New York, Longmans, Green, 1906.
Andrew Lang published a series of 12 Fairy Books, all identified by colour. The books were illustrated by H. J. Ford, and they’re filled with detailed black and white line drawings, plus a series of coloured plates. These books are amongst my favourite in the Fairy Tale genre and I’ve been saving them for a special occasion. I think the pandemic qualifies, and so for the next 12 weeks, Children’s Book Saturdays will feature the Andrew Lang series. We begin with the Violet Fairy Book, and it was difficult to choose which illustrations to share because there are so many that I like. I”ve attached all of the colour plates, plus many line drawings that include dogs, cats, snakes, lions, bears, boars, horses, dragons, plus a mermaid, because I know at least one mermaid fan out there. If you’d like to see the entire book, you can check it out at the link to The Internet Archive here and below. During the pandemic, The Internet Archive is allowing all their on-loan books out with no waiting lists, so now is the time to check them out. It’s easy to register (find a book you want, click the “borrow” button and the site will ask for your email – that’s all) and they have millions of things you can check out all for free. Any book that isn’t offered for loan can be read at the site. The site also carries music, magazines and artwork. There’s a lot of good stuff for adults and children. Enjoy!
Anton Chekhov. The Tales of Chekhov. The Witch and other Stories. Translated by Constance Garnett. New York, The Macmillan company, 1918.
Sometimes the simplicity of beautiful lettering is all you need.
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Samuel Williams Cooper. Three Days; A Midsummer Love Story. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1889.
Ella Partridge Lipsett. A Summer in the Apple Tree Inn. New York, H. Holt and Company, 1906.
Royal Dixon. Forest Friends. New York, Frederick A. Stokes company, 1916.
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Maria Edgeworth. Retold by Clifton Johnson. Waste Not Want Not Stories. New York, Cincinnati, Chicago, American Book Company, 1905
Algernon Charles Swinburn. Springtide of Life. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott: London, W. Heinemann, 1918.
Today’s children’s book is a collection of poetry dedicated to the early life of children by Algernon Swinburn. It was published posthumously, as a collection according to the author’s wishes and was illustrated by one of the era’s most prolific and respected artists, Arthur Rackham. I’ve included all the full-page colour plates, but the book also contains a wealth of line drawings of chubby cherubs and well-fed babies, a minimum of one per poem. I’m very fond of Rackham’s artwork and I hope it brings some pleasure to your day. [Read more…]