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Books in the European genre:

Racundra’s First Cruise (1923)

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

Racundra’s First Cruise (1923)

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

Stories of the Vikings (1923)

Tales of adventure founded on the Snorra, an Icelandic work from around 1225 A.D. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Maurice Dunlap
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

The Three of Salu: Around the Year in Northern Italy (1923)

This volume in the Children of the World series focuses on three children in Northern Italy.

Author(s): Carol Della Chiesa
Illustrator(s): Helene Carter

Bland Tomtar Och Troll (1924)

A Swedish annual collection of fairy tales.

Author(s): Cyrus Granér
Various
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates (1924)

Hans and his sister try to earn money to help their mother and pay for a doctor to cure their father.

Author(s): Mary Mapes Dodge
Illustrator(s): Louis Rhead
Frank Schoonover

Heidi (1924)

The story of an orphan who goes to live with her grandfather in the high alpine pastures.

Author(s): Johanna Spyri
Illustrator(s): Louis Rhead
Frank Schoonover

Legends of Charlemagne (1924)

A collection of romances from medieval and renaissance Europe.

Author(s): Thomas Bulfinch
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

Napoleon and His Court (1924)

A history of the Napoleonic empire’s court.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Various

Napoleon and His Court (1924)

A history of the Napoleonic empire’s court.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Various

A Pawn Among Kings (1924)

The story of a Hungarian girl who plays a decisive part in the events that end at Waterloo.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Frank Marston

The Adventures of Pinocchio (1925)

This is a complete translation of the adventures of the mischievous wooden puppet, with the illustrations used in the most popular Italian edition. It was originally published in 1911. It was reprinted in 1969.

Author(s): Carlo Collodi
Illustrator(s): Attilio Mussino

Bland Tomtar Och Troll (1925)

A Swedish annual collection of fairy tales.

Author(s): Cyrus Granér
Various
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

A Dog of Flanders (1925)

Nello, a Belgian orphan rescues a dog and names it Patrasche. Together they start a milk delivery service.

Author(s): Maria Louise Ramé
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

The Golden Porch (1925)

Roman fairy tales adapted from the Odes of Pindar. Dugald Stewart Walker’s pen and ink drawings must be seen.

Les Misérables (1925)

The novel takes place in France from 1815 - the end of the Napoleonic era - to the 1832 Paris uprising. According to Hugo, “The book which the reader has before him at this moment is, from one end to the other, in its entirety and details ... a... View More

Author(s): Victor Hugo
Illustrator(s): Mead Schaeffer

Nursery Friends from France (1925)

A collection of songs, nursery rhymes and tales from France intended for younger children. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham

The School at the Chalet (1925)

This is the first in a series of about 60 books by Elinor Brent-Dyer, initially published between 1925 and 1970.

Author(s): Elinor Brent-Dyer
Illustrator(s): Nina K. Brisley

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1925)

The Indian Prince calling himself Captain Nemo prowls beneath the sea seeking his revenge.

Author(s): Jules Verne
Illustrator(s): William James Aylward

Bland Tomtar Och Troll (1926)

A Swedish annual collection of fairy tales.

Author(s): Cyrus Granér
Various
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

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