John Newbery Series
Reading edition
Early in the 18th century John Newbery was born in a little Berkshire village in England, and became a bookman in the old St. Paul’s churchyard.
It was he who first believed children needed books of their own, and he set about to supply that need. Many of the old stories, quaint jingles and nursery rhymes we have to-day are due to him. It is therefore peculiarly fitting this series, comprising the best written for childhood, should bear his name.
THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN—Robert Browning THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER—John Ruskin MONI, THE GOAT BOY—Johanna Spyri FAIRY TALE GIANTS FAIRY TALE PRINCES FAIRY TALE PRINCESSES A DOG OF FLANDERS—Louisa de la Ramee (Ouida) THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW—Washington Irving RIP VAN WINKLE—Washington Irving THE NURNBERG STOVE—Louisa de la Ramee (Ouida) THE ADVENTURES OF A BROWNIE—Miss Mulock CHILD VERSES—Eugene Field
These books are well bound in cloth, are profusely illustrated, have a colored frontispiece and a colored jacket, and contain 92 pages each.
THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING CO. AKRON, OHIO