John Ruskin
(1819 - 1900)
The only child of an English importer of wine and sherry, Ruskin was an artist, critic, scientist and social theorist. He wrote widely on art, science and society. The King of the Golden River was his only children’s book.
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Bibliography
Best in Children’s Books Volume 37 (1960)
An assortment of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org
James Baldwin
Brothers Grimm
Alice Dalgliesh
Miriam Clark Potter
John Ruskin
Et al
Paul Galdone
Robin Jacques
Edy Legrand
Richard Scarry
Edward Shenton
Et al
The Children’s Hour Volume 3 (1953)
Longer selections from classic novels.
Read online at archive.org.
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Daniel Defoe
Mary Mapes Dodge
John Ruskin
Mark Twain
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Et al
Fritz Kredel
Jessie Willcox Smith
Et al
Collier’s Junior Classics Volume 3 (1962)
This collection includes fables, folk tales, and fairy tales.
Walter R. Brooks
Lewis Carroll
Carlo Collodi
William Pène du Bois
George MacDonald
A. A. Milne
Mary Norton
John Ruskin
Et al
Ruth Chrisman Gannett
Beth Krush
Joe Krush
Ernest H. Shepard
John Tenniel
Nora S. Unwin
Kurt Wiese
Et al
Dame Wiggins of Lee and Her Seven Wonderful Cats (1885)
A humorous poem first published in 1823 with additional verses by Ruskin and four additional illustrations by Greenaway.
Read the original with colored illustrations at Internet Archive. And the augmented version at the University of Florida.
John Ruskin
R. S. Sharpe
Kate Greenaway
Junior Classics Volume 6 (1912)
Selections from nineteenth century classics, including a large portion of Alice in Wonderland. For children from six to sixteen. Read online at Hathitrust.
Dinah Maria Craik
Mary Mapes Dodge
Mrs. Juliana Horatia Ewing
Lucretia P. Hale
Jean Ingelow
John Ruskin
Catherine Sinclair
Various
John Leech
John Tenniel
The King of the Golden River (1851)
The Southwest Wind, Esq. pays a visit to Hans, Schwartz and Gluck and things are never the same. Third and later editions have a modified frontispiece wherein the goblin has a conventional nose instead of a “hooter.” Read online at Internet Archive.
The King of the Golden River (1860)
Gluck and his two evil older brothers lived in the Treasure Valley until the South West Wind turned it into a desert. How it was changed back again is the burden of the story. In this edition the King has a regular nose instead of the “hooter.” Read online at archive.org.
The King of the Golden River (1932)
The story of Gluck and his two evil brothers.
The King of the Golden River (1974)
Gluck manages to succeed where his two selfish older brothers fail, in achieving the treasure of the Valley. Read online at archive.org.