The Fifty-two Library was a series of children's adventure stories

Children's literature

Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...

 published by Hutchinson & Co., London between the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The editor of the series was Alfred Henry Miles

Alfred Henry Miles

Alfred Henry Miles/Alfred H. Miles was a prolific Victorian author, editor, anthologist, journalist, composer and lecturer who published hundreds of works on a wide range of topics, ranging from poetry Alfred Henry Miles/Alfred H. Miles (1848 - 30 October 1929) was a prolific Victorian author,...

 and he compiled some fifty volumes that appeared at five shillings apiece.

Alfred Henry Miles (1848 - 30 October 1929) was a prolific Victorian era

Victorian era

The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence...

author, editor, anthologist, journalist, composer and lecturer who arranged and edited hundreds of works on a wide range of topics.

External links

• New York Times
• Rochester Library

Selected books

• Fifty-Two Stories Of The Brave And True For Boys (ed) [1902]
• Fifty-Two Stories Of The Brave And True For Girls (ed) [1902]
• Fifty-Two Stories For Girls (ed) [1905
• Fifty-Two Stories Of The Indian Mutiny (w Arthur John PATTLE) [1895]