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British Genre
Books in the British genre:
A Damsel in Distress (1919)
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.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Some British Ballads (1919)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
The Three Mulla-Mulgars (1919)
Thumb, Thimble and Nod set out to find their royal father and the earthly paradise of Tishnar. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Walter de la Mare
Illustrator(s):
Dorothy P. Lathrop
The Water Babies (1919)
Tom the chimney sweep is swept away to the bottom of the sea. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Charles Kingsley
Illustrator(s):
Jessie Willcox Smith
The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories (1920)
A collection of fairy tales including the story of a princess who loses her gravity.
Author(s):
George MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
F. D. Bedford
The Little Warrior (1920)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1920)
Author(s):
J. M. Barrie
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Pollyooly Dances (1920)
Pollyooly grows up and is caught up in a German plot during World War I. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Edgar Jepson
Illustrator(s):
None
The Princess and the Goblin (1920)
Author(s):
George MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Jessie Willcox Smith
“Queen Lucia” (1920)
Mrs. Emmeline “Lucia” Lucas is the social leader of Riseholme, a quaint Tudor village. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
E. F. Benson
Illustrator(s):
None
Robinson Crusoe (1920)
Author(s):
Daniel Defoe
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
Short Stories (1920)
A selection of four of Macdonald’s most famous fairy stories, including ‘The Light Princess’ and ‘The Golden Key.’
Author(s):
George MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
F. D. Bedford
Stories of Robin Hood and His Merry Men (1920)
The legends of Robin Hood told by Henry Gilbert. This is an abridged edition of the 1912 publication with only eight color plates.
Author(s):
Henry Gilbert
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Story of Doctor Dolittle (1920)
The story of how Doctor Dolittle learned to speak with the animals and became the animals’ doctor. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s):
Hugh Lofting
Westward Ho! (1920)
Author(s):
Charles Kingsley
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
Children’s Stories from Shakespeare (1921)
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
J. H. Bacon
Harold Copping
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Comus (1921)
Author(s):
John Milton
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
A Dish of Apples (1921)
Author(s):
Eden Phillpotts
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
The Golden Age (1921)
Memories of growing up orphaned by Kenneth Grahame. This was the first book Lois Lenski illustrated. It was not republished in America.
Author(s):
Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Gulliver’s Travels (1921)
Author(s):
Jonathan Swift
Illustrator(s):
Louis Rhead
Frank Schoonover