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European Genre
Books in the European genre:
Hans Brinker: or, The Silver Skates (1926)
Author(s):
Mary Mapes Dodge
Illustrator(s):
George Wharton Edwards
The Last Days of Pompeii (1926)
A tangled tale of love and deceit unfolds beneath Vesuvius in the year 79 A.D. and comes to a climax with the volcano’s eruption
Author(s):
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton
Illustrator(s):
F. C. Yohn
Tales Told In Holland (1926)
A collection of stories, poems and pictures from Holland.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Children of the Moor (1927)
This is a story about a family of children during the Swedish famines of the 1860’s.
Author(s):
Laura Matilda Fitinghoff
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Children of the Mountain Eagle (1927)
The story of a girl who lives in the mountains of Albania.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Cleveland Miller
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Heidi (1927)
An orphan goes to live in the high pastures of Switzerland with her grandfather.
Author(s):
Johanna Spyri
Illustrator(s):
Clara M. Burd
Michael Strogoff A Courier of the Czar (1927)
Author(s):
Jules Verne
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
Bambi (1928)
“Bambi: A Life in the Woods” by Felix Salten was originally published in Austria in 1923. Simon & Schuster’s 1928 edition is based on an English translation by Whittaker Chambers.
Author(s):
Felix Salten
Kurt Wiese
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
En Garde! (1928)
A rousing adventure novel set in seventeenth century France with plenty of sword play.
Author(s):
Samuel Morse
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Aitken
Louis XIV: King of France and Navarre (1928)
A biography of the long reigning ‘Sun King’ of France, builder of Versailles.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Natalia and Nikolai: Children of Russia (1928)
This book in the Children of the World tells the story of two Russian children.
Author(s):
Varia Klenova
Louise Lamprey
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
T. De Thulstrup
Treasure of Carcassonne (1928)
Author(s):
Albert Robida
Illustrator(s):
Dorothy P. Lathrop
Where Was Bobby? (1928)
Two French children lose their dog and don’t know where to find him.
Author(s):
Marguerite Clément
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Magic Doll of Roumania (1929)
A little American girl is taken on a magical trip to Roumania by her doll.
Author(s):
Marie Queen of Roumania
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Miki (1929)
Miki visits Hungary where he makes many new friends.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Pran of Albania (1929)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Cleveland Miller
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
A Shopping Guide to Paris (1929)
Definitely a pre-crash book for the wealthy American abroad.
Author(s):
Louise Bonney
Thérèse Bonney
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Three Musketeers (1929)
Author(s):
Alexandre Dumas
Illustrator(s):
Mead Schaeffer
The Vienna that’s not in the Baedeker (1929)
A guidebook to Vienna.
Author(s):
Ludwig Hirschfeld
Thomas Watson MacCallum
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Adalbert Sipos
Kees (1930)
Kees lives in Holland and has a pet duck named Kleintje.
Author(s):
Marian King
Illustrator(s):
Elizabeth Enright