Masterworks of Children's Literature
An eight volume anthology of major works of children's literature written between 1550 and 1900.
The 350-year span of this anthology is divided into three major periods; for each of these, editors provide introductions which place the works that follow in their literary, cultural, and historical contexts. Included are ballads, fables, stories, novels, plays, poems, science texts, and picture books.
Available in print: PN1009.A1 M37