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Books in the British genre:

R. Caldecott’s Picture Book: Volume 1 (1879)

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This first omnibus volume contains: The Diverting History of John Gilpin (1878) The House That Jack Built (1878) The Babes in the Wood (1879) Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog (1879) Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

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The Tapestry Room (1879)

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Two cousins go on magical journeys by way of the Tapestry Room. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

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

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Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879)

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The account of a twelve days’ hiking expedition in the south of France. Read for free online at HathiTrust. Or at archive.org.... View More

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

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A Christmas Child (1880)

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The story of a young boy whose life is cut short too soon. It is based on the life of Thomas Grindal Hutton, who died at age thirteen in 1875. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

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

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Easy Reading for Little Readers (1880)

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A collection of fables and stories, including The Story of Jack and the Giants by Richard Doyle. Read online at the University of Florida.... View More

Author(s): Richard Doyle
Et al
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
Et al

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The Necklace of the Princess Fiorimonde (1880)

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A collection of new fairy tales - including an evil princess. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Mary A. de Morgan
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Sing a Song for Sixpence (1880)

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Sing a song for six pence
A pocket full of rye.

Read online at archive.org.

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

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The Three Jovial Huntsmen (1880)

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The comical, poetical adventures of three hunters with their horns. Read online at archive.org.

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

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The Adventures of Herr Baby (1881)

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In this biographical story, an English toddler journeys with with his family and his German nanny to the south of France. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

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

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The Boy’s Mabinogion (1881)

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A collection of twelve traditional Welsh tales mainly concerning the Matter of Britain. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Alfred Fredericks

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A Day in a Child’s Life (1881)

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Words and music for nine children’s songs. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Myles Birket Foster
Robert Herrick
Et al
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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Factory Folk During the Cotton Famine (1881)

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A description of conditions in the English cotton mill towns during the Civil War in America when no cotton reached them because of the Northern blockade. Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

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The Farmer’s Boy (1881)

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A traditional rhyme that goes through all the farmer’s animals and their sounds. Read online at archive.org.

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

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Lancashire Sketches (1881)

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A collection of essays about the author’s native shire. This is the volume from the collected works.

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

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London Lyrics (1881)

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Poems by a friend of Thackeray, frequently with a satiric twist. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Frederick Locker
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott
Kate Greenaway

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R. Caldecott’s Picture Book: Volume 2 (1881)

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This second volume of the omnibus edition contains: Sing a Song for Sixpence (1880) The Three Jovial Huntsmen (1880) The Farmer’s Boy (1881) The Queen of Hearts (1881) Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

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Randolph Caldecott’s Collection of Pictures and Songs (1881)

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This omnibus collects the first eight of R. Caldecott’s Picture Books: The Diverting History of John Gilpin (1878) The House That Jack Built (1878) Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog (1879) The Babes in the Wood (1879) Sing a Song for Sixpence (1... View More

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

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Tufts of Heather Volume 1 (1881)

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A collection of essays, chiefly about the author’s native Lancashire. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott
Et al

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Tufts of Heather Volume 2 (1881)

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A collection of essays, chiefly about the author’s native Lancashire. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Edwin Waugh
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott
George Sheffield

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What the Blackbird Said (1881)

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A combination of the natural history of birds and moral instruction. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Mrs. Frederick Locker
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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