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Another Book of Verses for Children (1907)

Classic and traditional poems spanning Christmas, the Year, Birds, Dogs, Horses, the Sea, and Bedtime. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

Old Fashioned Stories and Poems Volume VI (1907)

An anthology from the early part of the twentieth century. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford
Walter Crane
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Poems and Rhymes (1907)

A collection of poems with illustrations by many artists. Read online at Hathitrust.

The Children’s Longfellow (1908)

This is a much larger selection of Longfellow’s work Read online at archive.org.

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.... View More

Author(s): Carolyn Wells
Illustrator(s): Jessie Willcox Smith

The Buckle My Shoe Picture Book (1910)

An omnibus containing A Gaping-Wide-Mouth-Waddling-Frog, One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, and My Mother. There is a new introduction and some up-to-date additions. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Ann Taylor
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

A Child’s Book of Old Verses (1910)

An anthology of verse for children. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Jessie Willcox Smith

Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling (1910)

A large selection of verse by the Nobel laureate. Read online at Archive.org. Or at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s): W. Heath Robinson

The Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics (1911)

This collection of English poetry was originally published in 1861 and has been a favorite ever since. The illustrations were originally done as covers for Collier’s and were used here without the artist’s knowledge or permission. Read on... View More

Author(s): Francis Turner Palgrave
Illustrator(s): Maxfield Parrish

Christmas Tales and Christmas Verse (1912)

A collection of stories and poems by the Chicago poet of childhood. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Eugene Field
Illustrator(s): Florence Edith Storer

Junior Classics Volume 10 (1912)

From nursery rhymes to all the famous poems that have been memorized by generations of children from six to sixteen. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb (1912)

Six volumes. The gilt device on the cover is by Bedford. This is the foolscap octavo edition, which includes new material not in the large paper edition of 1903-5. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): Charles Lamb
Mary Lamb
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

The Gentlest Giant (1915)

A collection of poetry for children. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Anna Bird Stewart
Illustrator(s): Dugald Stewart Walker

The White Flower (1915)

This was Robert Lawson's first published illustration. It appeared in the January 30, 1915 issue of Harper's Weekly. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): William P. Lawson
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children (1916)

This collection includes an introduction by Kenneth Grahame. The British first edition was in two volumes, although usually they were bound as one. It was not illustrated. Volume 1: Read online at archive.org Volume 2: Read online at archive.org Two ... View More

Author(s): Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s): Maud Fuller

Favorites of a Nursery of Seventy Years Ago (1916)

A large collection of favorites from the 1840’s. This second edition is somewhat enlarged.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): None

The Jig of Forslin: A Symphony (1916)

A book of poetry.  The dust jacket is by Lathrop.

Author(s): Conrad Potter Aiken
Illustrator(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop

Moonshine (1916)

Illustration to a poem. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Leolyn Louise Everett
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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