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Fiction - Short Story Genre
Books in the Fiction - Short Story genre:
Goody Two Shoes (1874)
A tale of two orphans and how they eventually prospered. Read for Free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Number One: Mark Twain’s Sketches (1874)
Thirteen tales and sketches.
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
R. T. Sperry
Baron Bruno, or, The Unbelieving Philosopher and Other Fairy Stories (1875)
Six new fairy tales. Read for free online at Project Gutenberg.
Author(s):
Louisa Morgan
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
The Fairy Spinner and "Out of Date or Not?" (1875)
Two modern fairy tales. Read online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Miranda Hill
Illustrator(s):
Kate Greenaway
Mark Twain’s Sketches: New and Old (1875)
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
True W. Williams
Tell Me a Story (1875)
Author(s):
Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Uncommercial Traveller (1875)
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Marcus Stone
Higgledy-Piggledy (1876)
Six fairy stories by a British MP. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
E. H. Knatchbull-Hugessen
Illustrator(s):
Richard Doyle
Punch, Brothers, Punch! and Other Sketches (1878)
Nine stories and essays. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
None
How the Froggies Go to Sleep (1879)
A collection of sixteen short stories and poems - better than average for its era. Read online at Baldwin Library.
Author(s):
Palmer Cox
Kirk Munroe
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Palmer Cox
Louisa Parsons Stone Hopkins
The “Little Folks” Painting Book (1879)
Stories and poems with pictures to be colored in.
Author(s):
George Weatherly
Illustrator(s):
Kate Greenaway
Easy Reading for Little Readers (1880)
Author(s):
Richard Doyle
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Richard Doyle
Et al
Five Mice in a Mouse-Trap (1880)
A collection of stories and poems for five orphaned children who live with their uncle in a small village. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Laura E. Richards
Illustrator(s):
Kate Greenaway
Et al
The “Little Folks” Nature Painting Book (1880)
Stories, verses and outline pictures to be colored in by the user.
Author(s):
George Weatherly
Illustrator(s):
Kate Greenaway
The Peterkin Papers (1880)
Author(s):
Lucretia P. Hale
Illustrator(s):
Anonymous
Simple Stories in Large Print for Little Readers (1880)
Twenty-nine short stories for early readers.
Author(s):
Palmer Cox
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Palmer Cox
A Tramp Abroad (1880)
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
Walter Francis Brown
Benjamin Henry Day
W. W. Denslow
True W. Williams
Et al
Routledge’s Christmas Number (1881)
A miscellany with illustrations.
Author(s):
Louisa May Alcott
Various
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Walter Crane
Kate Greenaway
Et al
Eight Happy Holidays (1882)
Stories of children and the animals in the nearby wood and the holidays they celebrate.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Palmer Cox
Illustrator(s):
James Carter Beard
Palmer Cox