Hartmann, Franz. Magic, White and Black. New York, Theosophical society, 1904.
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Hartmann, Franz. Magic, White and Black. New York, Theosophical society, 1904.
Marshall Saunders. Princess Sukey. New York, Eaton & Mains; Cincinnati, Jennings & Graham [c1905]
Alice B. Emerson. Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point. New York. Cupples and Leon, 1913.
Cover photo via: Dan Glaeser Books
The Book is available to read at The Internet Archive
Clay, John Cecil and Herford, Oliver. New York, Published for ye Publick Goode by C. Scribner’s Sons, 1911.
via: The Internet Archive
Manghanito Kempadoo. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. Letters of Thanks. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1969.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Jack and I are both thankful for all of you.
Frederick Saunders. Salad for the Solitary. New York, DeWitt and Davenport, 1856.
via: The Internet Archive
Margaret Vandegrift. Illustrated by E.B. Bensell. The Absent Minded Fairy. Philadelphia, Ketterlinus Printing House, 1884.
The digital scans of this book contain a bit of extra love. Many of the pages have been hand-coloured in crayon to add a flourish to the original drawings, and I find them utterly charming. My favourite is page 19 with the elephant up a tree. The artwork is Victorian in flavour and the story itself is sweet and well told. I’ve included the first page that is without artwork because the opening sentence is delightful and sets the tone for all that follows. You’ll find all of the full-sized plates below the fold. Enjoy.
Harry Price. The Most Haunted House in England: Ten years investigation of Borley Rectory. London, New York, Toronto; Longmans, Green and Co., 1940.
via: The Internet Archive
Carolyn Wells. The Dorrance Domain. Boston, Chicago, W.A. Wells Company, 1905.
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.