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Books in the American genre:

The Man Upstairs and Other Stories (1914)

A collection of short stories that appeared in magazines such as The Strand, Cosmopolitan, and Collier’s. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Penrod (1914)

A saga of the American boy, in the days when the stable behind the house was empty but had not yet become a garage. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Booth Tarkington
Illustrator(s): Gordon Grant

Tik-Tok of Oz (1914)

Betsy Bobbin and Hank the Mule are shipwrecked on the shores of the Nonestic Ocean. They meet the Shaggy Man, discover Tik-Tok the mechanical man and help defeat Queen Ann Soforth and her army of conquest among many other adventures. Read online at H... View More

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

The Gentlest Giant (1915)

A collection of poetry for children. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Anna Bird Stewart
Illustrator(s): Dugald Stewart Walker

Little Women or Meg, Beth, Jo and Amy (1915)

The story of four girls growing up during the Civil War. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Louisa May Alcott
Illustrator(s): Jessie Willcox Smith

Manual of the Woodcraft Indians The Fourteenth Birch Bark Roll (1915)

This is a handbook for starting and running an Indian tribe. This was one of the precursors of the Scouting movement, and includes ‘merit badges.’ First published in 1902, this is the fourteenth edition. Read for free online at HathiTrust... View More

Author(s): Ernest Seton Thompson
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Psmith Journalist (1915)

Mike and Psmith travel to America. While Mike is playing exhibition cricket matches in Philadelphia, Psmith stays in New York and goes to work at a newspaper, Cosy Moments. While the editor is away, Psmith and the acting editor decide to spice things... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): T. M. R. Whitwell

The Scarecrow of Oz (1915)

Trot and Cap’n Bill are joined by Button Bright and find their way to the Land of Oz. Read online at Archive.org: their scan has some defects but includes most of the color plates. Or read online at Hathitrust, although their scan lacks the col... View More

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

The Slum Cat (1915)

Three stories from Animal Heroes: The Slum Cat; Snap: The Story of a Bull-terrier and The Winnipeg Wolf.

Author(s): Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s): Ernest Thompson Seton

Tom Slade Boy Scout (1915)

Tom is a sixteen-year-old street tough, left to fend for himself by his worthless father, Bill Slade, after wealthy landowner John Temple evicts them. Tom scorns the Boy Scout movement, as does Temple and his effeminate son Wilfred. Because of his in... View More

Author(s): Percy Keese Fitzhugh
Illustrator(s): Photographs

The Turmoil (1915)

Two Midwestern families cope with the onset of industrialization. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Booth Tarkington
Illustrator(s): Charles Bosseron Chambers

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (1916)

His own account of his life by one of the foremost founders of the United States. Read for free online at Project Gutenberg.

Author(s): Benjamin Franklin
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

Little Bun Rabbit (1916)

A selection of stories from Baum's earlier works. This edition has only the color frontispiece.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill
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The Magic Cloak (1916)

This Snuggle Tale contains an abridgment of Queen Zixi of Ix among other tales. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill
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Once Upon a Time and Other Stories (1916)

This entry in the Snuggle Tales series includes several stories and a single color plate.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill
Et al

Penrod and Sam (1916)

Further adventures of Penrod Schofield and his friend Sam Williams, culminating in the dance party at Amy Rennsdale’s -- “Must ‘a’ got your bumpus!” Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Booth Tarkington
Illustrator(s): Worth Brehm

Rinkitink in Oz (1916)

When the pearl pirates capture the people of Pingaree, it is up to the King of neighboring Rinkitink, his talking goat, Bilbil, and the young prince Inga of Pingaree to rescue them. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

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

Rip Van Winkle (1916)

This edition of the tale of a hunter who slept for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains after a game of bowls has additional drawings but fewer plates. In this edition the plates are distributed throughout the text. Read for free online at Internet... View More

Author(s): Washington Irving
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

Seventeen (1916)

A true classic of American humor. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Booth Tarkington
Illustrator(s): Arthur William Brown

Uneasy Money (1916)

Bill Dawlish is grateful to the eccentric American millionaire who leaves him his fortune, but does not want to disinherit his bee-keeping niece and goes to America to meet her. The British edition was cut considerably. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Clarence F. Underwood

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