Jessie Willcox Smith
(1863 - 1935)
Jessie Willcox Smith (September 6, 1863 – May 3, 1935) was a United States illustrator famous for her work in magazines such as Ladies Home Journal and for her illustrations for children’s books.
Bibliography
At the Back of the North Wind (1919)
The son of a poor coachman is swept away by a radiant, maternal spirit with long, flowing hair. Read online at archive.org.
At the Back of the North Wind (1989)
The son of a poor coachman is swept away by a radiant, maternal spirit with long, flowing hair.
Boys and Girls of Bookland (1923)
Pictures to illustrate short synopses of famous children’s books. The illustrations first appeared in Good Housekeeping Magazine.
Read online at archve.org.
Boys and Girls of Bookland (1923)
Pictures to illustrate short synopses of famous children’s books. The illustrations first appeared in Good Housekeeping Magazine.
Read online at archive.org.
The Children of Dickens (1925)
Short excerpts from Dicken’s novels introducing his child characters.
Read online at archive.org.
Jessie Willcox Smith
A Child’s Book of Old Verses (1910)
An anthology of verse for children. Read online at Hathitrust.
A Child’s Book of Stories (1911)
A large collection of perennial favorite fairy tales, fables and stories. Read online at Hathitrust.
Various
A Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)
‘In winter I get up at night
And dress by yellow candle-light.
In summer, quite the other way,
I have to go to bed by day.’
And sixty-three other well-known poems. Read online at archive.org.
Dickens’s Children (1912)
This is a thin portfolio with ten illustrations and accompanying text. The illustrations were reused in The Children of Dickens. Read online at archive.org.
Evangeline (1897)
Longfellow’s poem deals with a French Canadian love story.
Jessie Willcox Smith
Heidi (1922)
This is the well loved story of a little Swiss orphan who goes to live in the mountains with her grandfather, her exile in the big city and her return home. Originally published by David McKay it was added to the Scribner’s Illustrated Classics in 1958. Read online at archive.org.
In the Closed Room (1904)
Judith meets another little girl when her parents are house sitting for the summer, and together they explore the closed room on the fourth floor. Read online at Archive.org. Or at Hathitrust.
The Jessie Willcox Smith Mother Goose (1914)
In this, her magnum opus, Jessie Wilcox Smith includes seven hundred and fifty nursery rhymes.
The Jessie Willcox Smith Mother Goose (1991)
In this, her magnum opus, Jessie Willcox Smith includes seven hundred fifty nursery rhymes.
Read online at archive.org.
The Little Mother Goose (1918)
This is a smaller format version of Jessie Willcox Smith’s magnum opus, containing more than six hundred nursery rhymes. Read online at archive.org.
Little Women or Meg, Beth, Jo and Amy (1915)
The story of four girls growing up during the Civil War. Read online at archive.org.
An Old-Fashioned Girl (1902)
Polly, a simple ‘old-fashioned’ girl from the country visits her wealthy friend Fanny in the big city.
The Princess and the Goblin (1920)
The Princess Irene has been sent to her King-Papa’s hunting lodge to live. One evening when her nurse keeps her out too late, they are rescued by Curdie, a miner’s son. Read online at archive.org.
The Princess and the Goblin (1986)
The Princess Irene has been sent to her King-Papa’s hunting lodge to live. One evening when her nurse keeps her out too late, they are rescued from the goblins by Curdie, a miner’s son.
The Seven Ages of Childhood (1909)
’First the Infant in its Mother’s Arms’ … to the ‘Last Scene of All’ illustrations to verses by Carolyn Wells. First appeared in The Ladies’ Home Journal. Read online at archive.org.