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  • Publication Series: Macmillan Children's Classics Pub. Series Record # 5188
  • Note: Inaugurated 1923 A set of twelve "Children's Classics" in blue covers was published in 1923, probably during October. No complete list found in newspapers. The Gazette (Montreal) 1923-10-13 p19 briefly reviewed The Iliad for Boys and Girls: Told from Homer in Sample Language by Rev. Alfred J. Church, M.A. (The Macmillan Company of Canada [Macmillan of Canada]) as "one of the Children's Classics Series of the Macmillan houses". "... Gay jackets and endpapers, many pictures in line and color, each $1.75.   [list of 6 new books] Before you buy any classic for young people, examine the titles already issued (18 to date) in the Macmillan Children's Classics. ..." --publisher's list "New Books for Boys and Girls", NY Herald, NY Tribune 1924-11-09 pG8 That batch of 6 new books in "The Macmillan Children's Classics" comprises two novels in the database, two non-genre novels, one Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes, and one anthology of children's poetry. Macmillan recommends Mother Goose for age 4 and Feats on the Fiord for age 14.
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Date Pub. Series # Title Author/Editor Publisher ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
1924-00-00   Granny's Wonderful Chair Frances Browne The Macmillan Company  
$1.75?$: US dollar
v+
184+
[1]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
1924-00-00   At the Back of the North Wind George MacDonald The Macmillan Company  
$1.75?$: US dollar
376+
[1]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
1925-00-00   Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Washington Irving The Macmillan Company  
$1.75?$: US dollar
xi+
183
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
1926-10-00   The Princess and the Goblin George MacDonald The Macmillan Company  
$1.75?$: US dollar
vi+
267+
[1]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
1930-00-00   The Gold-Bug and Other Tales and Poems Edgar Allan Poe The Macmillan Company     xi+
199
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
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