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Books in the British genre:

The Book of Betty Barber (1910)

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A nonsense novel in which schoolroom characters read a book, not too flattering, about themselves. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Maggie Browne
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham
Harry Rountree

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A Book of Discoveries (1910)

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Mac and Robin spend the summer holidays mainly messing about in boats. READ NOW.

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): Gordon Browne

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Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling (1910)

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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

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Feats on the Fjord and Merdhin (1910)

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Two novels of adventure: the first set in Norway; the second dealing with King Canute. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Harriet Martineau
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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A Gentleman of Leisure (1910)

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A wealthy New York batchelor falls in love on an Atlantic crossing. While burgling a house to fulfill a bet, he meets the girl again. A year later their paths cross in England and he proposes, but as P.G. Wodehouse is in charge, the course of true lo... View More

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

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The Intrusion of Jimmy (1910)

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A wealthy New York batchelor falls in love on an Atlantic crossing. While burgling a house to fulfill a bet, he meets the girl again. A year later their paths cross in England and he proposes, but as P.G. Wodehouse is in charge, the course of true lo... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): None

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Lost Endeavour (1910)

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Charles Harding is shanghaied and sold as an indentured servant in America, then escapes to the Carribbean. The frontispiece was used as the dust jacket illustration. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): Stephen Reid

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Mad Shepherds and Other Human Studies (1910)

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A collection of short stories about the residents of an English hamlet, including the village atheist, a shepherd and the minister’s wife, formerly on the stage. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): Lawrence P. Jacks
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke

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The Magic City (1910)

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Philip builds a model city using his blocks and things about the house. When he and his sister Lucy shrink to the size of the inhabitants, they must fight for the throne. Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

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Martin Hyde the Duke’s Messenger (1910)

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Martin Hyde gets caught up in the Duke of Monmouth’s rebellion. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): T. C. Dugdale

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Mike: A Public School Story (1910)

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Mike Jackson wins his first XI colors at Wrykyn in his first year, as set forth in the first part of the serialization of this novel ‘Jackson Junior,’ but two years later his father rusticates him to Sedleigh due to his poor marks. It is ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): T. M. R. Whitwell

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Prester John (1910)

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A young Scot goes out to South Africa where he becomes caught up in a native rebellion. This is a later American edition.

Author(s): John Buchan
Illustrator(s): Henry C. Pitz

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Psmith in the City (1910)

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Mike and Psmith go into the New Asiatic Bank. Mike gets called up to play cricket for his county and Psmith quits the bank as well to watch him. They both go up to Cambridge as the story ends. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): T. M. R. Whitwell

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Rewards and Fairies (1910)

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Puck returns to take Dan and Una on further magical journeys into the past. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s): Frank Craig

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Rewards and Fairies (1910)

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Puck returns to take Dan and Una on further magical journeys into the past. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s): Frank Craig

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The Scrumshus Story Book (1910)

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A collection of stories, including The Bee-Blowaways with illustrations by Rackham. With over 180 color illustrations.... View More

Author(s): Agnes Grozier Herbertson
Et al
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham
Et al

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The Story of the Grail and the Passing of Arthur (1910)

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In this, the fourth and final volume of his history of the Matter of Britain - that is King Arthur and his knights, Howard Pyle tells of the adventures of Sir Galahad and the death of King Arthur. Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

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The All Sorts of Stories Book (1911)

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Thirty stories of adventure & magic, collected and retold by Leonora Lang. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Andrew Lang
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Illustrator(s): H. J. Ford

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The Ballad of the White Horse (1911)

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An epic poem on King Alfred. "Before the gods who made the gods Had seen their sunrise pass, The White Horse of the White Horse Vale Was cut out of the grass." Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): G. K. Chesterton
Illustrator(s): None

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The Children of the New Forest (1911)

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During the English civil war, a family of children take to the woods to escape from the Parliamentary forces. Read for free online at Google Books.... View More

Author(s): Frederick Marryat
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

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