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Poetry - Ballads Genre
Books in the Poetry - Ballads genre:
Brownies and Rose-Leaves (1892)
A collection of new fairy tales and poems. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Roma White
Illustrator(s):
L. Leslie Brooke
S. Schofield
Humorous Poems (1893)
A collection of humorous poems. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Thomas Hood
Illustrator(s):
C. E. Brock
The Battle of the Frogs and Mice (1894)
Mock heroics from the ancient Greek. The attribution to Homer is doubted by some. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Homer
Illustrator(s):
F. D. Bedford
The Jungle Book (1894)
Seven stories, including three about Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves and including Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):
W. H. Drake
Paul Frenzeny
John Lockwood Kipling
The Jungle Book (1894)
Seven stories, including three about Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves and including Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):
W. H. Drake
John Lockwood Kipling
Lullaby Land, Songs of Childhood (1894)
Author(s):
Eugene Field
Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s):
Charles Robinson
Nonsense Songs and Stories (1894)
This is a collection of longer poems and stories from the four nonsense books with a few additions. It does not include the limericks.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
A Book of Christmas Verse (1895)
An anthology that begins with St. Ambrose. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Henry Charles Beeching
Various
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
A Child’s Garden of Verses (1895)
Author(s):
Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s):
Charles Robinson
The Fairy Ship (1895)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
A London Garland (1895)
A large collection of verse on the subject of London. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Arthur Rackham
Et al
This Little Pig His Picture Book (1895)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Bad Child’s Book of Beasts: Verses (1896)
Author(s):
Hilaire Belloc
Illustrator(s):
Basil T. Blackwood
A Book of Verses for Children (1897)
A collection of poetry for children - best read aloud. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
Edward Verrall Lucas
Illustrator(s):
F. D. Bedford
More Beasts (for Worse Children): Verses (1897)
Author(s):
Hilaire Belloc
Illustrator(s):
Basil T. Blackwood
The Three Bears (1897)
This is a later reissue. The story of the three bears and Silverlocks, told in verse. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Mother Hubbard (1898)
Author(s):
Sarah Catherine Martin
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Father Goose: His Book (1899)
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
W. W. Denslow
A Moral Alphabet (In Words of from One to Seven Syllables) (1899)
Author(s):
Hilaire Belloc
Illustrator(s):
Basil T. Blackwood
The Pelican Chorus and Other Verses (1899)
A collection of nonsense poems. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
L. Leslie Brooke