Excerpt from Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes; Edited, With Introductions, Notes, and Bibliographie Darton, F. J. Harvey, Children's Books, in Cambridge History of English Literature, Vol. XI, chap. Xvi. [best brief account of development in England. Elaborate bibliography.] Tassin, Algernon, Books for Children, in Cambridge History of American literature, -vol. II, chap. Vii. [best account of American development. Extended bibliography. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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