A critical history of children's literature
Subtitle: a survey of children's books in English from earliest times to the present
By: prepared in 4 pts. by Cornelia Meigs [and others] Decorations by Vera Bock.
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1953
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 624
Subjects: Children's literature, English -- History and criticism; Children -- Books and reading -- English-speaking countries
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: Introduction, by H. S. Commager.; title: Roots in the past: up to 1840, by C. Meigs.; title: Widening Horizons: 1840-1890, by A. Eaton.; title: A rightful heritage: 1890-1920, by E. Nesbitt.; title: The golden age: 1920-1950, by R. H. Viguers.