1844. _Home Treasury_, by "Felix Summerley" (Sir Henry
Cole). "Felix Summerley" was a reformer in children's books.
He secured the assistance of many of the first artists of
his time: Mulready, Cope, Horsley, Redgrave, Webster, all of
the Royal Academy, Linnell and his three sons, Townsend, and
others. These little books were published by Joseph Cundall
and have become celebrated through Thackeray's mention of
them. They aimed to cultivate the affections, fancy,
imagination, and taste of children, they were a distinct
contrast to the Peter Parley books.
They were new books, new combinations of old materials, and
reprints, purified but not weakened. Their literature
possessed brightness. The books were printed in the best
style of the Chiswick Press, with bindings and end papers
especially designed. They included these tales: _Puck's
Reports to Oberon; Four New Fairy Tales; The Sisters; Golden
Locks; Grumble and Cherry; Little Red Riding Hood_, with
four colored illustrations by Webster; _Beauty and the
Beast_, with four colored illustrations by Horsley; _Jack
and the Bean-Stalk_, with four colored illustrations by
Cope; _Jack the Giant-Killer_, also illustrated by Cope; and
_The Pleasant History of Reynard, the Fox_, with forty of
the fifty-seven etchings made by Everdingen, in 1752.
1824-1883. Publications by Richard Doyle. These included
_The Fairy Ring_, 1845; _Snow White and Rosy Red_, 1871;
_Jack the Giant-Killer_, 1888, etc.
1846. _Undine_, by De La Motté Fouque, illustrated by John
Tenniel, published by James Burns.
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.
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