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Fiction - Short Story Genre

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Books in the Fiction - Short Story genre:

My Sea-Side Story Book (1911)

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This is a collection of stories, most by Fenn, including The Little Skipper.

Author(s): G. Manville Fenn
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): W. Rainey
Et al

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Nonsense Novels (1911)

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A collection of novelistic parodies. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s): None

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The Peradventures of Private Pagett (1911)

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Humorous stories of a soldier of the King, with a bit of an edge. The illustrations in this edition have been colored.

Author(s): Major W. P. Drury
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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Peter Rabbit’s Painting Book (1911)

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Nine pictures from Peter Rabbit for the owner to paint in. Includes an abbreviated version of the original story.

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

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The Red Book for Children (1911)

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A collection of stories and pictures by various artists and authors.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham
Et al

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The Story Girl (1911)

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Sara Stanley is the ‘story girl’ who entertains her family and friends with stories from the satiric to the macabre. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s): George Gibbs

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The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes (1911)

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Timmy is imprisoned in a hollow tree on suspicion of stealing nuts. He is consoled by Chippy Hackee, a chipmunk. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at wikisource. Or at Gutenberg.... View More

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

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Twinkle and Chubbins (1911)

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This omnibus includes all six of the Twinkle Tales: Bandit Jim Crow, Mr. Woodchuck, Prairie-Dog Town, Prince Mud-Turtle, Sugar-Loaf Mountain, and Twinkle's Enchantment. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): Laura Bancroft
Illustrator(s): Maginel Wright Enright

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Baum’s Own Book for Children (1912)

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This is a collection of extracts and poems from previously published works.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Maginel Wright Enright
John R. Neill

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Christmas Tales and Christmas Verse (1912)

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A collection of stories and poems by the Chicago poet of childhood. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Eugene Field
Illustrator(s): Florence Edith Storer

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Chronicles of Avonlea (1912)

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Most of the stories in this collection were written and published in magazines prior to the composition of Anne of Green Gables, but deal with the same milieu. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s): George Gibbs

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Dickens’s Children (1912)

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This is a thin portfolio with ten illustrations and accompanying text. The illustrations were reused in The Children of Dickens. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Jessie Willcox Smith

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Junior Classics Volume 8 (1912)

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Short accounts of our animal friends, both true and fictitious for children from six to sixteen. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): Horatia K. F. Gatty
Beatrix Potter
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Various
Charles Dudley Warner
Illustrator(s): Charles Livingston Bull
Edmund Dulac
Various

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Junior Classics Volume 9 (1912)

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Short stories and the short novel The Rose and the Ring by W. M. Thackeray, for children from six to sixteen. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): Edward Everett Hale
Joel Chandler Harris
Edward Verrall Lucas
William Makepeace Thackeray
Various
Stewart Edward White
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Illustrator(s): William Makepeace Thackeray
Various

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The Little White Bird (1912)

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A collection of essays centered on Kensington Gardens, in which is first introduced Peter Pan. Two illustrations by Rackham, which may or may not be in color. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): J. M. Barrie
Illustrator(s): Walter Appleton Clark
Arthur Rackham

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The Magic World (1912)

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This is a collection of twelve short stories, most dealing with magic in one of its forms. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): H. R. Millar
Gerald Spencer Pryse

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The Sampo (1912)

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A collection of traditional tales from the Finnish Kalevala. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): James Baldwin
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

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Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (1912)

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The classic collection of stories about a small town in Canada, including The Marine Excursions of the Knights of Pythias. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s): Cyrus Cuneo

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The Tale of Mr. Tod (1912)

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Mr. Brock the badger kidnaps the children of Benjamin bunny and locks them up in Mr. Tod the fox’s house. Peter and Benjamin stage a daring rescue. This was originally published in a new larger format. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at wikisourc... View More

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

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The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb (1912)

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Six volumes. The gilt device on the cover is by Bedford. This is the foolscap octavo edition, which includes new material not in the large paper edition of 1903-5. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): Charles Lamb
Mary Lamb
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

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