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BLACKIE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL 21ST YEAR

by Mrs. George Wemyss; Madeline Barnes; Queenie Scott-Hopper; Doris Pocock; Ethel Talbot; et al

Illustrated by Francis E. Hiley; Joyce Lankester Brisley; Nina K. Brisley; Rosa C. Petherick; Ernest A. Aris; Cicely Mary Barker; et al.

Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa. 1924

Very good condition. Cream cloth spine with black title and illustration. Pictorial front board shows boy watching girl make cats cradle in hands (oriental dragon on wall behind). Colour plates and illustrations, b/w text illustrations. First story is "How We Stole an Uncle From Australia".

Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Light scratch marks to front cover. Grubby mark to verso of front free-endpaper and frontis (possibly remains of a squashed insect!). Light fingering else contents clean.

Stock no. 1315640

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Contents

  • LONG STORIES:
  • How We Stole an Uncle from Australia by Mrs. George Wemyss
  • A Fight and a Friendship by E.L. Haverfield
  • The Fairy Riders by Jessie Phillips Morris
  • Ianthe's Dragon by W. Kersley Holmes
  • The Hippopotamus and the Hip-Hip-Hip Hooray by Ada Leonora Harris
  • "Raising the Wind" by Queenie Scott-Hopper
  • SHORT STORIES AND VERSE:
  • Benjamin John by Frank Watkins
  • Wet Paint by Mary Winter
  • The Funny Things that Grown-Up People Say by Queenie Scott-Hopper
  • The Little Plaid Frock by Madeline Barnes
  • Alfred by Charlotte Druitt Cole
  • Mr. Lake and the Cake by John Lea
  • The Poor Cat by Charlotte Druitt Cole
  • The Portrait Painter by Jessie Pope
  • Hush-a-bye by Frank Watkins
  • The Turning of the Tide by Doris A. Pocock
  • Daisies' Thoughts by Agnes Grozier Herbertson
  • Hoel by Charlotte Druitt Cole
  • The Story of the Very Little Princess who ran away by Nina K. Brisley
  • "Passenger to...?" by Queenie Scott-Hopper
  • Vera's Vanity Cure by M.P. Japp
  • Great Lord Pang and the Stone Dragon by S.M. Hills
  • Little Miss Frost by N. Hall
  • The Hole in the Stocking by Edward Lewis
  • Arithmetic by Barbara Euphan Todd
  • The Gnome's Reward by Maurice Clifford
  • The Valentine by Charlotte Druitt Cole
  • Bubble Fairies by Dorothy King
  • The Square Watch by Constance Frost
  • The Uninvited Guest by Maurice Clifford
  • The Family and the Fly by S.R. Praeger
  • Parcels by ffrida Wolfe
  • A Song to Sing by Charlotte Druitt Cole
  • A Song to Sing (Musical Setting) by Olive Kersley Holmes
  • The Introduction by Frank Hart
  • A Double-Dutch Story by Winifred Pares
  • The Fairies' Frock by Ethel Talbot
  • An Alphabet of Little People by Annie Ingham
  • Chin San and his Ducks by S.M. Hills
  • Four-and-twenty Tailors by Frank Watkins
  • The Little Tree by Antony James
  • Ice not Bearing To-day by Ethel Talbot
  • John and Joan by M.R.P.
  • Tommy's Fortune by Mary Baker
  • The Three Recruits by Jessie Pope
  • The Shiney Little House by Nancy M. Hayes
  • Mr. Punch by Q.K.
  • THe Holly Witch by Katharine L. Oldmeadow
  • THe Pedlar by Lilian Holmes
  • In June by K.I. Noble
  • The Missionary Hen by Ethel Corkey

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