A Garland from the golden age
Subtitle: an anthology of children's literature from 1850 to 1900
By: edited by Patricia Demers.
Contributors: Demers, Patricia, 1946-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 508
Subjects: Children's literature; Children -- Books and reading -- Canada; Literature -- Collections
Description: Offers selected excerpts from the works of English, American, and Canadian authors such as Frances Browne, Hesba Stretton, Jean Webster, Susan Coolidge, James DeMille, W.A. Fraser, and others. The selections, each of which is preceded by a brief biography of the author, are grouped under such categories as Nursery Fiction, School Stories, Animal Stories, and Poetry.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [498]-504.
Includes index.