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Books in the British genre:

Randolph Caldecott’s Graphic Pictures (1883)

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A collection of drawings, illustrations, picture letters, etc from the ‘Graphic’ magazine.

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Robinson Crusoe (1883)

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First published in 1719, this account of ‘eight and twenty years, all alone on an uninhabited island on the coast of America’ was based on the experiences of Alexander Selkirk, who was marooned on an island in the Pacific Ocean. Most rece... View More

Author(s): Daniel Defoe
Illustrator(s): George Cruikshank

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A Sketch-Book of R. Caldecott’s: Original Sketches for the Four Seasons (1883)

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A collection of illustrations based on themes of the four seasons. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Society Novelettes (1883)

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A two volume anthology. There are four Caldecott illustrations to Crossed in Love in volume two. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): F. C. Burnand
H. Savile Clark
R. E. Francillon
Et al
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott
Adelaide Claxton
F. Dadd
Linley Sambourne
Et al

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Treasure Island (1883)

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When Jim Hawkins retrieves Flint’s map from the sea chest of the dead Billy Bones, Squire Trelawney and Doctor Livesey catch the treasure fever and outfit a ship to search for it. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s): Robert Louis Stevenson

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Two Little Waifs (1883)

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A seven year old girl and her five year old brother are left in Paris until called for. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Vicar of Wakefield (1883)

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A mixture of comic novel and Job, this edition has a frontispiece by R. Caldecott.

Author(s): Oliver Goldsmith
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Christmas-Tree Land (1884)

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Rollo and Maia go to stay with an elderly cousin at an ancient castle in Thuringia. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Come Lasses and Lads (1884)

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A traditional ballad. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Daddy Darwin’s Dovecot: A Country Tale (1884)

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A pleasant story of a young orphan who is taken in as a servant, strives to do well through honesty and hard work, and ultimately succeeds, inheriting his master’s dovecot and doves. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Mrs. Juliana Horatia Ewing
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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A Farmer Went Trotting Upon His Gray Mare (1884)

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This R. Caldecott picture book contains two traditional rhymes. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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The Golden Primer: Part I (1884)

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A primer for very young children learning to read. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): J. M. D. Meiklejohn
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Letters of Jane Austen (1884)

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A few of the author's letter were published in the Memoir, but this is the first substantial collection to appear. Read online at Archive.org: Volume 1,and Volume 2.... View More

Author(s): Jane Austen
Illustrator(s): None

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Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross (1884)

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This R. Caldecott picture book contains two traditional rhymes. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Comic Histories, with Tommy and the Lion (1885)

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A collection of humorous illustrations of scenes from English history with captions by the author’s brother. Tommy and the Lion was the last production of the artist. The Scenes were published the next year in color.... View More

Author(s): James E. Doyle
Richard Doyle
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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Dame Wiggins of Lee and Her Seven Wonderful Cats (1885)

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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.... View More

Author(s): Mrs. Pearson
John Ruskin
R. S. Sharpe
Illustrator(s): Anonymous
Kate Greenaway

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Dick Doyle’s Journal (1885)

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An illustrated journal kept by the artist for the year 1840, when he was fifteen. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Richard Doyle
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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The Golden Primer: Part II (1885)

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The above is one of the illustrations in the second part of this children’s primer. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): J. M. D. Meiklejohn
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Golden Primer: Parts I and II (1885)

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The pictures in this primer were originally poster size and used by Professor Meikeljohn at his lectures.

Author(s): J. M. D. Meiklejohn
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Great Panjandrum Himself (1885)

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The final picture book by R. Caldecott is a nonsense paragraph. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Samuel Foote
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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