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Books in the British genre:

David Copperfield (1911)

This autobiographical novel was considered by its author as his greatest work, and his readers over the last century and a half have agreed with him. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Frank Reynolds

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

The Innocence of Father Brown (1911)

A collection of detective stories about a Catholic priest who is considered one of the high spots of detective fiction. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): G. K. Chesterton
Illustrator(s): Sydney Seymour Lucas

Jim Davis (1911)

Young Jim Davis accidentally stumbles on a smugglers’ den and is shanghaied into their crew, until after a series of hairbreadth adventures he finally escapes. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): None

King Arthur’s Knights (1911)

Some of the tales of the Knights of the Round Table. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Henry Gilbert
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

My Sea-Side Story Book (1911)

This is a collection of stories, most by Fenn, including The Little Skipper.

Author(s): G. Manville Fenn
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): W. Rainey
Et al

The Peradventures of Private Pagett (1911)

Humorous stories of a soldier of the King, with a bit of an edge. The illustrations in this edition have been colored.

Author(s): Major W. P. Drury
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

The Red Book for Children (1911)

A collection of stories and pictures by various artists and authors.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham
Et al

Rumbo Rhymes: or The Great Combine (1911)

A poem wherein the animate creation objects to man’s domination. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Alfred C. Calmour
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

Tom Brown’s School Days (1911)

One of the first English boarding school stories set at Rugby and written by an ‘old boy.’ The black and white illustrations are by Rhead, the color by Schoonover. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Thomas Hughes
Illustrator(s): Louis Rhead
Frank Schoonover

Treasure Island (1911)

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

The Wonderful Garden: or the Three C’s (1911)

Caroline, Charlotte and Charles are staying with their great-uncle and try to work magic with a book on the language of flowers - and get their heart’s desire. Read online at gutenberg.org.... View More

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

Dickens’s Children (1912)

This is a thin portfolio with ten illustrations and accompanying text. The illustrations were reused in The Children of Dickens. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Jessie Willcox Smith

The Little White Bird (1912)

A collection of essays centered on Kensington Gardens, in which is first introduced Peter Pan. Two illustrations by Rackham, which may or may not be in color. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

The Magic World (1912)

This is a collection of twelve short stories, most dealing with magic in one of its forms. Read online at Hathitrust.

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

New Chum (1912)

The future poet laureate tells of his experiences as a new student aboard the training ship Conway. This edition includes additional material.

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): Unknown

The Peter Pan Portfolio (1912)

This is a limited edition elephant porfolio with twelve mounted plates, which were matted in the British edition. Read for free online at the University of Florida.... View More

Author(s): None
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

Robin Hood and the Men of the Greenwood (1912)

Legends of Robin Hood retold by Henry Gilbert with sixteen color plates.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Henry Gilbert
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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 Amateur Gentleman (1913)

Barnabas Barty comes into the possession of a vast fortune and determines to use it to become a gentleman. He must first knock his father down, although as respectfully as may be. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Jeffery Farnol
Illustrator(s): Herman Pfeifer

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