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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... manner of writing and his attitude of mind : The style of Fable then must be simple and familiar ; and it must likewise be correct and elegant . By the former , I would advise that it should not be loaded with figure and metaphor ; that ...
... manner of writing and his attitude of mind : The style of Fable then must be simple and familiar ; and it must likewise be correct and elegant . By the former , I would advise that it should not be loaded with figure and metaphor ; that ...
Page 79
... manner rather than its substance , and had looked more closely at the Scottish products of her young days , she ... manners of those who read them , and , consequently , have a truthfulness and reality of which their London ...
... manner rather than its substance , and had looked more closely at the Scottish products of her young days , she ... manners of those who read them , and , consequently , have a truthfulness and reality of which their London ...
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... manner - had the old ones recut ( on wood ) , and induced his friend and publisher , George Allen of Orpington , to issue the result in 1885 , saying , in a preface , ' I have the greatest pleasure in commending [ the little book ] to ...
... manner - had the old ones recut ( on wood ) , and induced his friend and publisher , George Allen of Orpington , to issue the result in 1885 , saying , in a preface , ' I have the greatest pleasure in commending [ the little book ] to ...
Contents
An Introductory Survey I | 1 |
i Fables | 9 |
ii Romance and Manners | 32 |
Copyright | |
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Adventures advertised Aesop Alice amusement appeared artist Beatrix Potter bibliography BOOK LIST bookseller Boy's Own Paper boys catalogue century chapbook chapter child children's books children's literature collection coloured copy Crusoe E. V. Lucas early Edgeworth edition editor Elizabeth Newbery England English engravings Fables fact Fairy fairy-tales famous fiction firm George Gesta Romanorum girls Godwin Harris Harvey illustrations invented John Newbery juvenile kind known Lamb later Lewis Carroll Library literary lived London magazine Maria Edgeworth Mary meant mind Moral Tale Mother natural never Newbery's Nursery Rhymes original Parley perhaps period persons Peter poems poetry popular printed probably produced published Puritan readers reprint Robin Robinson romance Sherwood Society Songs St Paul's story Talbot Baines Reed Taylor things Thomas trade translated Trimmer verse Victorian vols volume William Darton words writers wrote young
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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 |