The Beechnut book
By: by Jacob Abbott ; edited by E.V. Lucas ; with four illustrations by A.H. Buckland
Contributors: Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall), 1868-1938, editor; Buckland, Arthur H., illustrator; Methuen & Co
Series: Little Blue books for children
Publisher: Methuen & Co., 36 Essex Street, W.C.
Published: 1901
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Notes: Illustrations and preface dated 1901.

In original publisher's binding: blue cloth with author, title, and illustration of two children reading before a fire stamped in black on upper board.  Binding is signed: F.D.B.

"Contains selections from several Franconia stories ..." quotes E.V. Lucas, "[Abbott] was famous 30 to 50 years ago here, as in America"--Cf. Weber.

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