Children's Books in England: Five Centuries of Social LifeWith literature as his central theme, the author of this history of children's books in England also wove in biography and facts of social and commercial history. This edition has additional biographical notes, a supplementary chapter on the late Victorian and Edwardian eras and 60 illustrations. |
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... English language , in its kind ; far better , to me , than even its fine predecessor Tom Sawyer ( 1876 ) , which is a ' boy's book ' pure and simple , of the best quality , but not capable of lifting the reader out of time and place ...
... English language , in its kind ; far better , to me , than even its fine predecessor Tom Sawyer ( 1876 ) , which is a ' boy's book ' pure and simple , of the best quality , but not capable of lifting the reader out of time and place ...
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... English readers who may not even have known what waffles are - made one as hungry as Mrs Sherwood's . Miss Alcott never became , so to speak , naturalized ; but she was and has remained a permanent and well - loved guest . Less ...
... English readers who may not even have known what waffles are - made one as hungry as Mrs Sherwood's . Miss Alcott never became , so to speak , naturalized ; but she was and has remained a permanent and well - loved guest . Less ...
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... English at the North Pole , The ( by J. Verne , 1870 ) , 298 English Fairy Tales ( by J. Jacobs , 1890 ) , 41 English Family Robinson , The ( by Mayne Reid , 1851 ) , 117 Englishman and his Books in the Early Nineteenth Century , The ...
... English at the North Pole , The ( by J. Verne , 1870 ) , 298 English Fairy Tales ( by J. Jacobs , 1890 ) , 41 English Family Robinson , The ( by Mayne Reid , 1851 ) , 117 Englishman and his Books in the Early Nineteenth Century , The ...
Contents
An Introductory Survey I | 1 |
i Fables | 9 |
ii Romance and Manners | 32 |
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International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature Peter Hunt,Sheila G. Bannister Ray No preview available - 1996 |
Een geschiedenis van het jeugdtheater: de ontwikkeling van het kindbeeld in ... Ton Panken No preview available - 1998 |