Various authors . Illustrated by Ruth M. bishop. The Mermaid’s Message and Other Stories. Springfield, Mass., Milton Bradley Company, 1919.
Today’s book is also a Get Well Soon card for Giliell, who I think is into Mermaids.
Margaret Barnes Price. Daddy’s Widow, A Long Island Story. New York, Broadway Publishing, 1916.
From the days before misogyny ended. Oh wait…. that still hasn’t happened yet. Never mind.
Arthur Emerson McFarlane. Illustrations by Thomas Fogarty. Great Bear Island. Boston, Little, Brown and Co., 1911.
Ralph Henry Barbour. The Story My Doggie Told to Me. New York, Dodd Mead, 1914.
And so ends Dog Week. If you like the idea of theme weeks let me know because I have a few other ideas. I’m also open to any suggestions you may have so just let me know here in the comments or drop me a line at [email protected]. The address is in the sidebar just below the colourful, percolating skull.
via: The Library of Congress, where you can read the book and see all of the charming illustrations.
Hector the Dog. New York, McLaughlin Bros. 1904
Before Rin Tin Tin, Lassie and The Littlest Hobo there was Hector the Saint Bernard and his friends out there saving lives. Click through if you’d like to see more of the art and as always you can click the photos for full size.
via: The Internet Archive
Frank Pope Humphrey. An American Dog Abroad, and the Foreign Dogs He Met. Boston, Alpha Publishing, 1896.
via: George Smathers Library at the University of Florida Digital Collections (where you can read the book)
Marshall Saunders. Beautiful Joe. Illustrated by J. Nicholson. London, Jerrolds Publishers, 1907.
Beautiful Joe tells his own story and the book is filled with the most charming illustrations.
via: The Internet Archive
Told by Boots, Edited by Rudyard Kipling. Thy Servant a Dog. London, McMillan and Company, 1930. photo via: Abe Books
Told by Boots, Edited by Rudyard Kipling. Thy Servant a Dog. London, McMillan and Company, 1930. (Dust Jacket photo via: Maxinjo@pinterest)
The book is available to read at The Internet Archive
Marie Louise Marsh. Vic, The Autobiography of a Fox Terrier. Chicago, F.J. Schulte & Company, 1892.
Cover Photo via: Books and Art
The book is available to read at The Internet Archive
Jack found out that last week was Cat Week and he’s pissed. He reminded me that we don’t even have a cat anymore and tersely noted that I should have made it dog week. He also said that I got this gig because of him and that I should be more grateful.
Ahem… Sorry Bubba. Allow me to present to you DOG WEEK. Let’s start with a party to celebrate.
John Karst. The Dog’s Grand Dinner Party. New York, McLoughlin Bros., Inc., 1869.
via: Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature where you can read the whole delightful book.
Honor C. Appleton. Me and my Pussies. Illustrations by the author. Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., 1927.
And so ends Cat Week here at The Art of Book Design.
I couldn’t find a copy of this one for you to read, but the David and Joyce Milne Public Library will let you look at several of the illustrations. They’re completely charming.
Cover Photo via: Stella and Rose’s Books
Hartwell James. The Cat and The Mouse: A Book of Persian Fairy Tales. Illustrated by John R. Neill. Philadelphia, Henry Altemus Company, 1906.
I was a cat person long before I was a dog person and it’s still cat week (which I didn’t announce) so this seems like a good fairy tale choice. The book is interesting because it contains artwork from 2 different sources. The frontispiece and title story The Cat and The Mouse are illustrated by an unnamed traditional Persian artist and the remainder of the book is illustrated by John R. Neill, who is famously known for illustrating the stories of Oz.
Geraldine Ross. Scat the Cat. Illustrations by Kurt Ross. McGraw-Hill, (1958)
Cover Photo via: Amazon.com
Sorry, but I couldn’t find a digital copy for you to read.