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Books in the British genre:

Puck on Pegasus (1868)

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A collection of poems from Punch. This is the fifth edition. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Henry Cholmondeley-Pennell
Illustrator(s): George Cruikshank
Richard Doyle
John Leech
Phiz
John Tenniel
Et al

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The Visiting Justices and the Troublesome Priest (1868)

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A musical attack on the British treatment of Irish persons incarcerated in British jails. Read online at Google Books.... View More

Author(s): Unknown
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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Burlesques: Novels by Eminent Hands (1869)

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Includes Jeames’s Diary, Adventures of Major Gahagan, A Legend of the Rhine, The History of the Next French Revolution, Cox’s Diary and Rebecca and Rowena. There were many other editions in the collected works of Thackeray. But Doyle appe... View More

Author(s): William Makepeace Thackeray
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
William Makepeace Thackeray

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Phantasmagoria (1869)

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A collection of less well known poems by the author of Alice. Many were subsequently published along with The Hunting of the Snark and a few new poems as Rhyme? and Reason? Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s): Anonymous

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In Fairyland: Pictures from the Elf-World (1870)

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Richard Doyle drew the pictures, then William Allingham wrote the poem, A Forest in Fairyland to go with them. Read online at the University of Florida.... View More

Author(s): William Allingham
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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King Luckieboy’s Party (1870)

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The months come to greet King Luckieboy at his birthday party.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870)

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In this unfinished murder mystery, young Edwin Drood disappears shortly after breaking off his engagement. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Charles Allston Collins
S. Luke Fildes

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Piccadilly (1870)

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A satirical novel of Victorian Britain. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Laurence Oliphant
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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A Memoir of Jane Austen (1871)

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This second edition of a family biography of the author contains previously unpublished works. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Jane Austen
James Edward Austen-Leigh
Illustrator(s): None

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Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets (1871)

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The author’s second book of nonsense includes The Owl and the Pussy-cat. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Edward Lear
Illustrator(s): Edward Lear

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Keeper’s Travels in Search of His Master (1872)

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Much animal cruelty is depicted in this story of a stray dog. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Edward Augustus Kendall
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc. (1872)

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This is the author’s third collection of nonsense, which includes one hundred new limericks. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Edward Lear
Illustrator(s): Edward Lear

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The Princess and the Goblin (1872)

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The Princess Irene is being raised at her King Papa’s hunting lodge. When her nurse keeps her out too late one evening, they are rescued from the goblins by Curdy, a miner’s son. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): George MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Arthur Hughes

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Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There (1872)

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Alice returns to Wonderland by way of the looking glass over the mantle and meets many queer people, including the Walrus and the Carpenter. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s): John Tenniel

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Frank Mildmay, or, The Naval Officer (1873)

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One of the first novels of the British navy. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Frederick Marryat
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Granny’s Story Box (1873)

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A collection of eight new fairy tales. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Kay Spen
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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The Alphabet of Old Friends (1874)

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The letters of the alphabet are presented through traditional nursery rhymes, set in gilded letters and paintings. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Children of the Parsonage (1874)

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A rather depressing chronicle of domestic disasters and early death.

Author(s): Henry Courtney Selous
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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Herman: or The Little Preacher (1874)

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A sentimental, improving book. Also includes Little Threads and The Story Lizzie Told. Read for free online at the University of Florida.... View More

Author(s): Elizabeth Prentiss
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Walter Crane’s Picture Book (1874)

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Eight stories including: King Luckieboy’s Party, The Old Courtier, How Jessie Was Lost, The Fairy Ship, Chattering Jack, Annie and Jack in London, Grammar in Rhyme, and The Multiplication Table in Verse.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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