Friday, February 7, 2020

Foxes for Horses (1917)

“From Tobytown by Chandler A Oates,” Bookseller, Newsdealer, & Stationer Holiday Number (November 15, 1917): 676.

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

“It Is Pleasant to Be Beautiful,” Said the Porcupine (1886)

“Rabbit and Porcupine,” Illustrated by Pruett Share. Laura E. Richards, ed., Four Feet, Two Feet, and No Feet: Furry and Feathery Pets and How They Live (Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1886), 145. 

Monday, February 3, 2020

Awaiting Developments (1885)

“Their First Experience—Awaiting Developments” drawn by Culmer Barnes. Harper’s Young People 6 (June 16, 1885): cover.

Saturday, February 1, 2020

Maternal Counsel (1885)

“Maternal Counsel,” drawn by W. Hamilton Gibson. Harper’s Young People 6 (January 27, 1885): 201.

Friday, December 13, 2019

Fairies—Truly Fairies, Midst the Trees (1908)

Maude Morse Robin, “At the End of the Moonlight Way,” Illustration by A.M. Upjohn, Good Housekeeping 47 (August 1908): 159.

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Aunt Carrie Winds the Clock (1877)

“Aunt Carrie Winds the Clock,” St. Nicholas IV (March 1877): back cover.

Monday, December 9, 2019

A Game of Croquet without Rules (1885)

Peter Newell. “A Game of Croquet without Rules,” Harper’s Young People VI (June 30, 1885): 552.

Sunday, December 8, 2019

Up, Up, My Hounds, ’Tis Lillie Comes (1865)

Harold King, “The Golden Wedding in the Workhouse,” Once a Week, an Illustrated Miscellany of Literature, Art, Science & Popular Information 1 (December 1, 1865):  34.

Friday, December 6, 2019