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Tables of Contents for Children's Books in England
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface to the First Edition
vii
Preface to the Third Edition
ix
Brian Alderson
Acknowledgments
xvii
An Introductory Survey
1
8
The Legacy of the Middle Ages: (i) Fables
9
23
The Legacy of the Middle Ages: (ii) Romance and Manners
32
19
The Puritans: `Good Godly Books'
51
17
The Pedlar's Pack: `The Running Stationers'
68
17
Fairy-Tale and Nursery Rhyme
85
21
Interim: Between the Old and the New
106
14
John Newbery
120
20
The Theorists: Thomas Day, the Edgeworths, and French Influence
140
16
The Moral Tale: Didactic
156
20
The Moral Tale: Persuasive; Chiefly in Verse
176
23
Interim Again: the Dawn of Levity
199
20
Two New Englands: `Peter Parley' and `Felix Summerly'
219
33
The Sixties: `Alice' and After
252
41
The Eighties and Today: Freedom
293
56
APPENDIXES CONTRIBUTED
Brian Alderson
1 Some Additional Notes on Victorian and Edwardian Times
316
16
2 An Outline of the Evolution of Two Publishers
332
4
3 A Listing of Books
336
3
F. J. Harvey Darton
4 `The Youth of a Children's Magazine'
339
10
F. J. Harvey Darton
Editor's Notes
349
13
General Books List
362
10
Sources of Illustrations
372
4
Index
376