The water-babies; a fairy-tale for land-babies,

Date:

[©1905]

Author:

Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875.

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Call Number:

YH K54 W29 1900X local

Publisher:

Saalfield Pub. Co.

Abstract:

An abridged version of a Victorian tale in which Tom, a sooty little chimney sweep with a great longing to be clean, is stolen by fairies and turned into a water-baby.

Physical Description:

104 pages frontispiece, illustrations 22 cm

Notes:

Special Collections' copy has dust jacket. local

Curator Notes:

Saalfield, n.d.,with dust jacket, inscribed 1921 [appears in Saalfield catalogs from 1921 to at least 1930, not clear whether it was offered before 1921; 'slightly abridged, in words of syllable, and edited by G. Mercer Adam'; The One Syllable Series: Classics for Children; front cover titles printed in black on ribbed cream paper over boards

Subjects:

Chimney sweeps Juvenile fiction, Fairies Juvenile fiction, Fantasy fiction Juvenile fiction, Chimney sweeps, Fairies, and Fantasy fiction

Genres/Forms:

Fiction and Juvenile works