1846. The Good-Natured Bear, by Richard Hengist Home, the English critic. This was illustrated by Frederick Taylor, published probably by Cundall. The book is now out of print, but deserves to be reprinted.
1847-1864. Cruikshank Fairy Library. A series of small books in paper wrappers. Not equal to the German popular stories in illustration. It included Tom Thumb, 1830; John Gilpin, 1828 (realistic); and The Brownies, 1870.
1847. Bob and Dog
Quiz. Author unknown. Revived by E.V.
Lucas in Old-fashioned
Tales. Illustrated by F.D. Bedford;
published by Stokes,
1905.
1850. The Child’s Own Book. Published in London. There was an earlier edition, not before 1830. The introduction, which in the 1850 edition was copied from the original, indicates by its style that the book was written early in the nineteenth century. The book was the delight of generations of children. It was a collection containing tales from Arabian Nights, Perrault’s tales of Cinderella, Puss-in-Boots, Hop-o’-my-Thumb, Bluebeard, etc., D’Aulnoy’s Valentine and Orson, chap-book stories of Dick Whittinqton, Fortunatus, Griselda, Robinson Crusoe, The Children in the Wood, Little Jack, and others. A recent edition of this book is in the Young Folks’ library, vol. 1, published by Hall & Locke, Boston, 1901.
1850 (about). The
Three Bears. Illustrated by Absalon and
Harrison Weir.
Addy and Co.
1824-1889. Work
by Mrs. Mary Whateley. She had a Moslem
school in Cairo and
exerted a fairy tale influence.
1826-1887. The Little
Lame Prince; Adventures of a
Brownie; and
The Fairy Book. Produced by Mrs. Dinah
Muloch Craik.
1854. The Rose and
the Ring, by William M. Thackeray. A
modern edition contains
the original illustrations with
additions by Monsell.
Crowell.
1855. Granny’s
Story Box. A collection. Illustrated
by J.
Knight; published by
Piper, Stephenson, and Spence.
1856. Granny’s
Wonderful Chair, containing Prince
Fairy-foot.
Written by Frances Browne, a blind Irish
poetess.
1863. Water Babies.
Charles Kingsley. Sir Noel Patton. The
Macmillan Company.
1865. Stories Told
to a Child, including Fairy Tales; Mopsa
the Fairy, 1869.
By Jean Ingelow.
1865. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson), with 42 illustrations by John Tenniel, published by Macmillan Company, Oxford. First edition recalled. Later editions were published by Richard Clay, London.
1869. At the Back
of the North Wind; The Princess and the
Goblin, 1871.
By George MacDonald. Arthur Hughes. Strahan.
Reprinted by Blackie.