This children's story, ‘The Farmers Boy ’, was originally published in 1881 as part of Caldecott's 'Picture Books' series. These were published in pairs, every year, from 1878 until his death in 1886. Randolph Caldecott was one of the most important British illustrators of the Victorian period. He transformed the world of decorated children’s books, with his delicate yet considered drawings and imaginative subject choices. Caldecott selected all the stories and rhymes he illustrated (and o...

366 illustrations, some color, some black-and-white This collection includes: The Diverting History of John Gilpin, The House that Jack Built, An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog, The Babes inthe Wood, The Three Jovial Huntsmen, Sing a Song for Sixpence, The Queen of Hearts, the Farmer's Boy, Come Lasses and Lads, Fox Jumps Over the Parson's Gate, Frog He Would a Wooing Go, Great Panjandrum, Hey Didddle Diddle and Baby Buntin, Ride a Cock-Horse, and The Milkmaid. It also includes Randolph C...

This story, 'Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross', was originally published in 1884 as one of Randolph Caldecott's sixteen 'Picture Books'. These were published in pairs each Christmas from 1877 until Caldecott's death in 1886. Randolph Caldecott (1846 – 1886) was one of the most important British illustrators of the Victorian period. He transformed the world of decorated children’s books, with his delicate yet considered drawings and imaginative subject choices. Caldecott selected all the ...

Randolph Caldecott (1846-1886) was one of the most important British illustrators. He transformed the world of decorated children's books in the Victorian era. In 1877, he was asked by Edmund Evans, the colour printer and talented engraver, to illustrate two children's books. These books were an immediate success and he went on to produce two books every Christmas until he died. Caldecott chose all the stories and rhymes he illustrated and occasionally wrote and added to the stories himsel...

The Complete Short Stories of Washington Irving (Illustrated Edition) is a collection of captivating tales that provide a glimpse into the early 19th-century American literary landscape. Known for his storytelling prowess and vivid imagery, Irving weaves together folklore, history, and imagination in a style that transports readers to a bygone era. From the iconic 'Rip Van Winkle' to the haunting 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,' each story showcases Irving's unique ability to blend realism w...

This story, 'Come Lasses And Lads', was originally published in 1884 as one of Randolph Caldecott's sixteen 'Picture Books'. These were published in pairs each Christmas from 1877 until Caldecott's death in 1886. Randolph Caldecott (1846 – 1886) was one of the most important British illustrators of the Victorian period. He transformed the world of decorated children’s books, with his delicate yet considered drawings and imaginative subject choices. Caldecott selected all the stories and rh...

This story, 'An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog', was originally published in 1879 as one of Randolph Caldecott's sixteen 'Picture Books'. These were published in pairs each Christmas from 1877 until Caldecott's death in 1886. Randolph Caldecott (1846 – 1886) was one of the most important British illustrators of the Victorian period. He transformed the world of decorated children’s books, with his delicate yet considered drawings and imaginative subject choices. Caldecott selected all the ...

The Complete Short Stories of Washington Irving gathers the tales through which American prose first achieved an international literary presence. From "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" to his sketches of old New York, English country life, and Moorish Spain, Irving blends folklore, comic irony, antiquarian curiosity, and Gothic suggestion. His polished, urbane style—modeled partly on Addisonian essays and European Romanticism—transforms local legends into enduring myths of...

The first two of the children’s books here reproduced were published in 1878; the last two in 1885, only a few weeks before Mr. Caldecott’s premature death. He had not intended to make any further additions to their number, and the series is consequently complete. Into what new domain his still-creative genius would have wandered,—for he was well on the hither side of the period fixed by tradition for the decline of human invention, and in spite of ill-health, was gifted with a rare buoyan...

This story, 'The Three Jovial Huntsmen', was originally published in 1880 as one of Randolph Caldecott's sixteen 'Picture Books'. These were published in pairs each Christmas from 1877 until Caldecott's death in 1886. Randolph Caldecott (1846 – 1886) was one of the most important British illustrators of the Victorian period. He transformed the world of decorated children’s books, with his delicate yet considered drawings and imaginative subject choices. Caldecott selected all the stories a...

This well known children's nursery rhyme, ‘Sing A Song For Sixpence – with Randolph Caldecott illustrations’, was originally published in 1880 as part of Caldecott's 'Picture Books' series. These were published in pairs, every year, from 1878 until his death in 1886. Randolph Caldecott was one of the most important British illustrators of the Victorian period. He transformed the world of decorated children’s books, with his delicate yet considered drawings and imaginative subject choices. ...

It is a cumulative tale that does not tell the story of Jack's house, or even of Jack who built the house, but instead shows how the house is indirectly linked to other things and people, and through this method tells the story of "The man all tattered and torn", and the "Maiden all forlorn", as well as other smaller events, showing how these are interlinked.Origins:It has been argued that the rhyme is derived from an Aramaic hymn Chad Gadya (lit., "One Young Goat") in Sepher Haggadah, fir...