English children's books, 1600 to 1900
By: by Percy Muir.
Publisher: Batsford
Published: 1954
Place of publication: London
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: Children's literature, English -- History and criticism.; Children -- Books and reading -- Great Britain -- History.
Description: Muir discusses the changes in children's books collecting that have occurred since the first impression of 1954. Muir has written an account which is both scholarly and entertaining of the works published for children during three centuries. He passes over the books written solely to instruct or to improve, and concentrates on those whose aim is entertainment.