Category Archives: Children’s books

A Boy’s Book of Battleships

A Boy’s Book of Battleships by Gordon Stables, pictures by Charles Robinson. William Gordon Stables was a Scottish-born medical doctor in the Royal Navy and a prolific author of adventure fiction, primarily for boys. He wrote over 130 books. The … Continue reading

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Two fauns and an ogre

Everybody knows Arthur Ransome wrote Swallows and Amazons; that wonderful adventure tale of children messing around with boats, which awakened a love of sailing in so many of its readers.  Most people also know he wrote another eleven books in … Continue reading

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Headless wedding horror?

 Some weddings are chilling occasions but none more so than this picture of Cinderella’s wedding with a not-so-happy ending, featuring a headless bride! London: S & J Fuller, 1814. (Classmark CCE.7.1.12. Order in Rare Books) So how did Cinderella lose her … Continue reading

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