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Books in the British genre:

The Man Who Knew Too Much and Other Stories (1922)

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A collection of mystery short stories. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): G. K. Chesterton
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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Memoirs of a London Doll (1922)

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Wooden doll, Maria Poppet, describes her many adventures in 19th century London. Read online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Mrs. Fairstar
Illustrator(s): Emma L. Brock

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Three Men and a Maid (1922)

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Wilhemina ‘Billie’ Bennet is on her way to England. Three of her suitors are aboard. Who will win through? Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

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The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (1922)

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In search of Long Arrow the Indian, Doctor Dolittle and his companions journey to the floating Spidermonkey Island. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

Newbery Medal
Newbery Medal - 1923
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The White Company (1922)

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Alleyne Edricson joins The White Company of English mercenaries and serves as squire to Sir Nigel Loring during their campaigns in France and Spain under the Black Prince. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

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A Christmas Carol (1923)

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The classic story of the redemption of Ebenezer Scrooge. This abridged edition has more illustrations than the 1899 edition.

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

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Crossings: A Fairy Play (1923)

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A rather difficult play for children. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Walter de la Mare
C. Armstrong Gibbs
Illustrator(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop

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Doctor Dolittle’s Post Office (1923)

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Doctor Dolittle discovers that animals also have a written form of their language and goes about setting up the fastest postal service in the world for them. Read online at archive org..... View More

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

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The Inimitable Jeeves (1923)

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A collection of Bertie and Jeeves short stories.

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

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Jeeves (1923)

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A collection of short stories about Bertie Wooster and Jeeves. Read online at archive.org.

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

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Mad Shepherds and Other Human Studies (1923)

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Second edition with additional illustrations of this collection of stories and essays about the inhabitants of a small English village, include Snarley Bob and the saintly atheist shoemaker. The scan is of the first edition. Read for free online at I... View More

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

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Maid Marian and Other Stories Selected from Robin Hood (1923)

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Stories from the Robin Hood legends.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton
Rowland Wheelwright

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Miss Mapp (1923)

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Miss Elizabeth Mapp leads the social life of Tilling from her fine old family home of Mallards. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): E. F. Benson
Illustrator(s): None

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Mostly Sally (1923)

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When Sally comes into a small legacy her problems multiply. Read online at Hathitrust.

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

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Racundra’s First Cruise (1923)

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A account of the author’s cruise in the Baltic on a small two masted yacht with his wife (former secretary to Lenin) and a local seaman, the prototype of Peter Duck. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Photographs
Arthur Ransome

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Racundra’s First Cruise (1923)

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A account of the author’s cruise in the Baltic on a small two masted yacht with his wife (former secretary to Lenin) and a local seaman, the prototype of Peter Duck. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Photographs
Arthur Ransome

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The Story of Mrs. Tubbs (1923)

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Her animal friends, Pink, Ponk, and Punk, help Mrs. Tubbs regain her home. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

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Tales from Shakespeare (1923)

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Seventeen favorite plays by the Bard of Avon.

Author(s): Charles Lamb
Mary Lamb
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham

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The Wind in the Willows (1923)

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Mole goes out on a fine spring day and meets the water rat by the riverside. Before he knows it he is wrapped up in the doings of the river dwellers, include the notorious Toad. This is the second fully illustrated edition. The end papers used were f... View More

Author(s): Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s): Nancy Barnhart
Paul Bransom

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At the Back of the North Wind (1924)

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The son of a poor coachman is swept away by a radiant, maternal spirit with long, flowing hair.

Author(s): George MacDonald
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

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