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Books in the British genre:

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1907)

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Alice falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by strange creatures. Read for free online at Project Gutenberg.

Author(s): Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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Another Book of Verses for Children (1907)

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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

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Cautionary Tales for Children: Verses (1907)

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A fourth collection of humorous verses by the English master in the tradition of Struwwelpeter. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Hilaire Belloc
Illustrator(s): Basil T. Blackwood

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Crandford; The Cage at Cranford; The Moorland Cottage (1907)

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This volume in The World’s Classics includes an additional story of Cranford.

Author(s): Mrs. Gaskell
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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The Enchanted Castle (1907)

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Jerry and Jimmy and Kathleen (who was never called that, but often simply Cat) are playing in the woods when they come on the castle and are soon caught in the toils of the magic. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): H. R. Millar

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The Ingoldsby Legends (1907)

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A collection of ghost stories, tales, legends and poems, most with a humorous twist. This edition has additional illustrations. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Thomas Ingoldsby
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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The Land of Enchantment (1907)

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A collection of new fairy tales. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): A. E. Bonser
E. S. Buchheim
B. Sidney Woolf
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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The Luck of Chervil (1907)

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A tale of the Wars of the Roses.

Author(s): H. Elrington
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

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Not George Washington (1907)

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An autobiographical novel about a young Englishman breaking into the literary world in London. Read online at gutenbeg.org.

Author(s): Herbert Westbrook
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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The Peter Pan Picture Book (1907)

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This is the first book of the play of Peter Pan.

Author(s): Daniel O’Connor
Illustrator(s): Alice Bolingbroke Woodward

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Pictures by Richard Doyle (1907)

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This is a reprint of a collection of pictures from Manners and Customs of Ye Englyshe, The Foreign Tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones and Robinson, and Bird’s Eye Views of Society. It is Volume 6 in the "Humorous Masterpieces" series. Read online at ... View More

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

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The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions (1907)

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This is the third of four volumes by Howard Pyle regarding the Matter of Britain - that is King Arthur and his knights. In this volume he tells of the adventures of Sir Launcelot du Lac and the birth of his son who was to become Sir Galahad - sans pe... View More

Author(s): Howard Pyle
Illustrator(s): Howard Pyle

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Sunday Reading for the Young (1907)

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This was a periodical with religious themed content. It seems to have been a monthly or fortnightly and annual volumes were published.

Author(s): Unknown
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford
Et al

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Tales and Talks About Animals (1907)

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A collection of simple stories with colored pictures by several different hands.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham
Charles Robinson
Et al

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Twenty Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare (1907)

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Twenty stories from the plays of William Shakespeare by the children's fantasy author. This popular work has been reprinted many times. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): Max Bihn

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The White Feather (1907)

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Sheen funks it when faced with fighting a townee and Wrykyn shuns him. He takes tuition and wins his class at Aldershot. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): William Townend

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Anne’s Terrible Good Nature (1908)

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A collection of short stories. Only the endpapers and cover are by F. D. Bedford. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): E. V. Lucas
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford
Arthur H. Buckland

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The Enchanted Castle (1908)

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Jerry and Jimmy and Kathleen (who was never called that, but often simply Cat) are playing in the woods when they come on the castle and are soon caught in the toils of the magic. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): H. R. Millar

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Gadshill Edition of the Works of Charles Dickens (1908)

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Based on the author’s final edition with the original illustrations as well as many additional illustrations. Includes two volumes of uncollected pieces and the two-volume biography by John Forster for a total of 38 volumes.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
John Forster
Illustrator(s): Hablot K. Browne
George Cruikshank
Harry Furniss
Et al

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The Globe By the Way Book (1908)

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Early newpaper columns by the master.

Author(s): Herbert Westbrook
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): W. K. Haselden

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