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Books in the British genre:

Fairy Gifts: or A Wallet of Wonders (1875)

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A half dozen new fairy tales. Read online at the University of Florida. Or at Google.... View More

Author(s): Kathleen Knox
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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The Fairy Spinner and "Out of Date or Not?" (1875)

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Two modern fairy tales. Read online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Miranda Hill
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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Great Expectations (1875)

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This was the first illustrated edition of the story of Pip and his patron. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Marcus Stone

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Old Christmas: Selections from the Sketch Book (1875)

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A book about Christmas in England by an American, best known for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Washington Irving
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Seven Birthdays (1875)

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The adventures of the seven children of Mother Mollikins, who do not all turn out well due in part to the rather ambiguous role played by the Fairy Wiseacre. Read for free online at Google Books.... View More

Author(s): Kathleen Knox
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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Tell Me a Story (1875)

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This first book by Mrs. Molesworth, writing as Ennis Graham, contains six short stories. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Uncommercial Traveller (1875)

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This is the third, further enlarged edition of Dickens’ pieces written while pacing through London at night taken from the Illustrated Library Edition.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Marcus Stone

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“Carrots”: Just a Little Boy (1876)

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The story of a family of children, and especially Carrots and Floss. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Higgledy-Piggledy (1876)

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Six fairy stories by a British MP. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): E. H. Knatchbull-Hugessen
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits (1876)

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The Bellman, the Baker and their friends succeed, unfortunately, in finding the Snark --it was a Boojum, you see. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s): Henry Holiday

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Bracebridge Hall: Selections from the Sketch Book (1877)

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A comic novel of England by an American expatriate, best known for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Washington Irving
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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The Cuckoo Clock (1877)

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An orphan girl finds a friend in the cuckoo clock who takes her on magical journeys. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Ennis Graham
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Laughable Lyrics (1877)

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This fourth and final collection includes The Dong with a Luminous Nose among other delights. Read for free online at Project Gutenberg and at DigiNole.... View More

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

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On a Pincushion (1877)

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Seven new fairy tales. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Mary A. de Morgan
Illustrator(s): William De Morgan

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Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, KG in Upwards of 100 Cartoons (1878)

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The career of the British Prime Minister and novelist as depicted in the cartoons published in Punch. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
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The Diverting History of John Gilpin (1878)

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This comic masterpiece by Jane Austen’s favorite poet describes what started out as a quiet expedition to the country. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): William Cowper
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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An Inland Voyage (1878)

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Robert Louis Stevenson and his friend Sir Walter Grindlay Simpson embark on a trip through Belgium and France by canoe which is chronicled in this book. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Under the Window: Pictures and Rhymes for Children (1878)

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A collection of poems and pictures. This first edition includes the two ‘horror’ pictures that were dropped in later editions. These is an American pirate edition that includes the 'horror' pictures at University of Florida. And there is ... View More

Author(s): Kate Greenaway
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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The Babes in the Wood (1879)

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Babes in the Wood is a traditional children’s tale first published as a ballad by Thomas Millington in Norwich in 1595. This is R. Caldecott’s Picture Book #4. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

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

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The Heir of Redclyffe (1879)

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A family story of cousins and sisters and brothers.  The scan is of a later edition. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Charlotte M. Yonge
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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