Boys and Girls of Bookland - Pictured by Jessie Willcox Smith (Hardcover)

This charming children's book contains eleven stories of famous child characters in fiction adapted by Nora Archibald Smith. The stories included are David Copperfield, Little Women, Jackanapes, Hans Brinker, Alice in Wonderland, The Little Lame Prince, Heidi - The Alpine Rose, Mowgli, Little Nell and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. This book was originally published in 1923 and contains eleven full colour plates by Jessie Willcox Smith. About the author: Jessie Willcox Smith was born in Philadelphia, USA. In 1894 she took classes under the artist Howard Pyle and embarked on a career as an illustrator. She quickly became a prolific and successful artist best-known for her Good Housekeeping covers and her twelve illustrations for Charles Kingsley's The Water-Babies (1916). About the Author: Charles Dodgson (1832-1898) is best known by his pseudonym Lewis Carroll. A polymath who is arguably best known as an author, but who also worked as a mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer, his most famous works are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and the sequel Alice Through the Looking-Glass. Dodgson was a prolific writer who contributed children's stories, mathematical theses and political pamphlets to a variety of magazines.

General

Imprint:	Read Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2014
First published:	April 2014
Authors:	Nora Archibald Smith
Illustrators:	Jessie Willcox Smith
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards
Pages:	132
ISBN-13:	978-1-4733-1288-3
Categories:	Books > Children's & Educational > Fiction > Classic fiction Books > Children's Fiction & Fun > Classic Fiction Books > Children's Fiction & Fun > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4733-1288-4
Barcode:	9781473312883

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