Dumpy books
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The Dumpy Books for Children were a series of small-format book
s selected by E. V. Lucas
and published by British
publisher Grant Richards between 1897 and 1904. Subsequent books were published by Chatto & Windus.
Book
A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of hot lava, paper, parchment, or other materials, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is called a leaf or leaflet, and each side of a leaf is called a page...
s selected by E. V. Lucas
E. V. Lucas
Edward Verrall Lucas was a versatile and popular English writer. His nearly 100 books demonstrate great facility with style, and are generally acknowledged as humorous by contemporary readers and critics. Some of his essays about the sport cricket are still considered among the best instructional...
and published by British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
publisher Grant Richards between 1897 and 1904. Subsequent books were published by Chatto & Windus.
Books in the collection
| Order | Title | Author | Illustrator | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | The Flamp and Other Stories | E. V. Lucas E. V. Lucas Edward Verrall Lucas was a versatile and popular English writer. His nearly 100 books demonstrate great facility with style, and are generally acknowledged as humorous by contemporary readers and critics. Some of his essays about the sport cricket are still considered among the best instructional... |
1897 | |
| 02 | Mrs Turner's Cautionary Stories | 1897 | ||
| 03 | The Bad Family and Other Stories | Mrs. Fenwick | 1899 | |
| 04 | The Story of Little Black Sambo Little Black Sambo The Story of Little Black Sambo is a children's book written and illustrated by Helen Bannerman, and first published by Grant Richards in October 1899 as one in a series of small-format books called The Dumpy Books for Children.... |
Helen Bannerman Helen Bannerman Helen Bannerman was the Scottish author of a number of children's books, the most notable being Little Black Sambo. She was born in Edinburgh and, because women were not admitted as students into British Universities, she sat external examinations set by the University of St. Andrews and attained... |
Helen Bannerman | 1899 |
| 05 | The Bountiful Lady | Thomas Cobb | 1900 | |
| 06 | A Cat Book | E. V. Lucas | H. Officer Smith | 1901 |
| 07 | A Flower Book | Eden Coybee | Nellie Benson | 1901 |
| 08 | The Pink Knight | J. R. Monsell | J. R. Monsell | 1901 |
| 09 | The Little Clown | Thomas Cobb | 1901 | |
| 10 | A Horse Book | Mary Tourtel Mary Tourtel Mary Tourtel was an English artist and creator of Rupert Bear.-Biography:Tourtel was born as Mary Caldwell and raised in an artistic family, daughter of a stained glass artist and stonemason. She studied art under Thomas Sidney Cooper at the Sidney Cooper School of Art in Canterbury, and became a... |
1901 | |
| 11 | Little People: An Alphabet | T. W. H. Crosland | Henry Mayer | 1901 |
| 12 | A Dog Book | Ethel Bicknell | C. Moore Park | 1902 |
| 13 | The Adventures of Samuel and Selina | Jean C. Archer | 1902 | |
| 14 | The Little Lost Girl | Eleanor Raper | 1902 | |
| 15 | Dollies | Richard Hunter | Ruth Cobb | 1902 |
| 16 | The Bad Mrs. Ginger | Honor C. Appleton | Honor C. Appleton | 1902 |
| 17 | Peter Piper's Practical Principles | 1902 | ||
| 18 | The Little White Barbara | Eleanor S. March | 1902 | |
| 19 | Japanese Dumpy | Yoshio Markino | 1903 | |
| 20 | Towlocks and His Wooden Horse | Alice Appleton | Honor C. Appleton | 1903 |
| 21 | The Three Little Foxes | Mary Tourtel | 1903 | |
| 22 | The Old Man's Bag | T. W. H. Crosland | J. R. Monsell | 1903 |
| 23 | The Three Goblins | M. G. Taggart | 1903 | |
| 24 | Dumpy Proverbs | Honor C. Appleton | Honor C. Appleton | 1903 |
| 25 | More Dollies | Richard Hunter | Ruth Cobb | 1903 |
| 26 | Little Yellow Wang-Lo | M.C. Bell | 1903 | |
| 27 | Plain Jane | G. M. George | G. M. C. Fry | 1903 |
| 28 | The Sooty Man | E. B. Mackinnon and Eden Coybee | 1903 | |
| 29 | Fishy Winkle | Jean Archer | Jean Archer | 1903 |
| 30 | Rosalina | Jean Archer | 1904 | |
| 31 | Sammy and the Snarliwink | Lena and Norman Ault | 1904 | |
| 32 | The Motor Car Dumpy book | T. W. H. Crosland | J. R. Monsell | 1904 |
| 33 | Irene's Christmas Party | Richard Hunter | Ruth Cobb | 1904 |
| 34 | The Little Soldier Book | Jessie Pope | Henry Mayer | 1907 |
| 35 | A Dutch Doll's Ditties | C. Aubrey Moore | 1907 | |
| 36 | Ten Little Nigger Boys | Nora Case | 1907 | |
| 37 | Humpty Dumpty's Little Son | Helen Reid Cross | 1907 | |
| 38 | Simple Simon | Helen Reid Cross | ||
| 39 | The Little Frenchman | Eden Coybee | K. J. Fricero | |
| 40 | The Story of an Irish Potato | Lily Schofield |