The history of Gutta-Percha Willie
Subtitle: the working genius
By: by George Macdonald, LL.D., author of "Ranald Bannerman," "The princess and Curdie," "At the back of the north wind," etc
Contributors: Hughes, Arthur, 1832-1915, illustrator; Dalziel Brothers
Edition: New edition.
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Publisher: Blackie & Son, Limited
Published: 1896
Place of publication: London; Glasgow; Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Diligence; Juvenile fiction; Success; Physicians; Brothers and sisters; Blacksmiths; Shoemakers; Education; Courtship; Parent and child; Carpenters; Mechanics; Christian life
Other titles: Gutta-Percha Willie
Description: Young Willie Macmichael, a blacksmith, shoemaker, carpenter, and mechanic, discovers a medicinal spring where he builds himself quarters and later a hospital.
Notes: Date of publication from prize inscription.

Publisher's catalogue follows text.

Illustrations engraved by Dalziel.

"With eight illustrations by Arthur Hughes."

Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.