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Scribner’s Illustrated Classics Series
Beginning with Maxfield Parrish’s illustrated edition of Poems of Childhood by Eugene Field, Charles Scribner’s Sons began to publish a generally uniform edition of illustrated classic books for younger readers. These are characterized by a full-color paste-down on the front board, and contained a number of color plates as well as black and white illustrations. Later printings frequently would drop some of the color plates making the early editions more desirable.
Books in the Scribner’s Illustrated Classics series:
Poems of Childhood (1904)
A collection of poems including ‘Wynken, Blynken and Nod,’ and ‘The Duel.’ Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Eugene Field
Illustrator(s):
Maxfield Parrish
A Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)
Author(s):
Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s):
Jessie Willcox Smith
A Little Princess Being the Whole Story of Sara Crewe Now Told for the First Time (1905)
Author(s):
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Illustrator(s):
Ethel Franklin Betts
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1906)
First separate printing of Peter’s first appearance in The Little White Bird. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
J. M. Barrie
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
The Queen’s Museum and Other Fanciful Tales (1906)
Author(s):
Frank R. Stockton
Illustrator(s):
Frederick Richardson
The Arabian Nights Their Best-Known Tales (1909)
Ten of the most famous tales from the Thousand and One Nights, adapted for younger readers. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
None
Illustrator(s):
Maxfield Parrish
The Last of the Mohicans (1910)
Author(s):
James Fenimore Cooper
Illustrator(s):
E. Boyd Smith
Peter and Wendy (1911)
Author(s):
J. M. Barrie
Illustrator(s):
F. D. Bedford
Treasure Island (1911)
Author(s):
Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Louis Stevenson
N. C. Wyeth
Christmas Tales and Christmas Verse (1912)
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
Kidnapped (1913)
Author(s):
Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1913)
Author(s):
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Illustrator(s):
Reginald Bathurst Birch
The Boy Emigrants (1914)
Two young men head west by Conestoga to find a better life. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Noah Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Harvey Thomas Dunn
Indian Why Stories: Sparks from War Eagle’s Lodge-Fire (1915)
A collection of Native American myths, legends and tales. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Frank Bird Linderman
Illustrator(s):
Charles Marion Russell
The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses (1916)
An historical romance set during the Wars of the Roses. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
The Boy’s King Arthur (1917)
A retelling of the Arthurian romances taken from Sir Thomas Malory. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Sidney Lanier
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
The Mysterious Island (1918)
Author(s):
Jules Verne
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
The Sandman’s Forest: A Story for Large Persons to Read to Small Persons (1918)
Author(s):
Louis Dodge
Illustrator(s):
Paul Bransom
The Last of the Mohicans (1919)
Author(s):
James Fenimore Cooper
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
From the Earth to the Moon … And a Trip Round It (1920)
A projectile fired from a gun takes these adventurers to the moon and back. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Jules Verne
Illustrator(s):
Henry Cruse Murphy, Jr.