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Books in the British genre:

The Knights of the Round Table (1915)

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This is an abridgement of King Arthur’s Knights having only eight plates.

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

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Something Fresh (1915)

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In this, the first of the Castle Blandings saga, Lord Emsworth casually pockets a valuable scarab belonging one of his guests. Two thieves are brought in and Freddie Threepwood loses his fiancee before the happy ending. Read online at archive.org.&nb... View More

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

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Something New (1915)

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In this, the first of the Castle Blandings saga, Lord Emsworth casually pockets a valuable scarab belonging one of his guests. Two thieves are brought in and Freddie Threepwood loses his fiancee before the happy ending. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): F. R. Gruger

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Treasure Island (1915)

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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 Internet Archive.... View More

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

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The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses (1916)

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An historical romance set during the Wars of the Roses. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

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Salt-Water Poems and Ballads (1916)

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I must go down the the sea again,
To the lonely sea and the stars.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): George Washington Hood
Charles Pears

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Uneasy Money (1916)

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Bill Dawlish is grateful to the eccentric American millionaire who leaves him his fortune, but does not want to disinherit his bee-keeping niece and goes to America to meet her. The British edition was cut considerably. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Clarence F. Underwood

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The Water Babies (1916)

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Tom the chimney sweep is swept away to the bottom of the sea. Read online at archive.org.

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

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The Broom Fairies and Other Stories (1917)

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

Author(s): Ethel May Gate
Illustrator(s): T. Diedricksen

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Lost Endeavour (1917)

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Charles Harding is shanghaied and sold as an indentured servant in America, then escapes to the Carribbean. Read online at archive.org.

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

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The Man with Two Left Feet (1917)

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A collection of short stories that first appeared in magazines such as The Strand, The Saturday Evening Post, McClure’s and Collier’s. Bertie Wooster and Jeeves make their first appearance in ‘Extricating Young Gussie.’ Read o... View More

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

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Piccadilly Jim (1917)

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Jimmy Crocker’s father has married into money and he gets too large an allowance for his own good. Fortunately Ann Chester arrives from America and takes him in hand. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): May Wilson Preston

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Robin Hood (1917)

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The legends of Robin Hood are recounted by Paul Creswick. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Paul Creswick
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

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Uneasy Money (1917)

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Bill Dawlish is grateful to the eccentric American millionaire who leaves him his fortune, but does not want to disinherit his bee-keeping niece and goes to America to meet her. The British edition was cut considerably. Read online at archive.org.&nb... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Clarence F. Underwood
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English Fairy Tales (1918)

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Forty-one traditional English fairy tales. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Flora Annie Steel
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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Piccadilly Jim (1918)

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Jimmy Crocker’s father has married into money and he gets too large an allowance for his own good. Fortunately Ann Chester arrives from America and takes him in hand. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): May Wilson Preston

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Tales from Shakespeare (1918)

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A celebrated collection of prose retellings of Shakespeare’s plays. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Charles Lamb
Mary Lamb
Illustrator(s): Louis Rhead
Frank Schoonover

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Adventures Of Richard Hannay (1919)

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Richard Hannay is an ordinary fellow caught up in extraordinary events in England and Scotland. This volume contains The Thirty-nine Steps, Greenmantle and Mr. Standfast. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): John Buchan
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

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At the Back of the North Wind (1919)

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The son of a poor coachman is swept away by a radiant, maternal spirit with long, flowing hair. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): George MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Jessie Willcox Smith

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A Damsel in Distress (1919)

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When American composer George Bevan falls in love with a young Englishwoman who takes refuge in his taxi, he loses no time in tracking her to her ancestral home. Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

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