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 four parts by Cornelia Meigs ... [et al.] Decorations by Vera Bock
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1953
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 624
Subjects: Jeugdliteratuur; Literatura Infanto-Juvenil; Books and reading; Children's literature, English; History and criticism; Histoire et critique; Engels; Littérature de jeunesse; Kinderliteratur; Children
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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.