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The Water-Babies

The Water-Babies

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The Water-Babies

by KINGSLEY, Charles

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New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1916. hardcover. near fine. Smith, Jessie Willcox.. Color frontispiece, 11 color plates, and many other illustrations throughout by Jessie Willcox Smith. 362pp. Large 4to, handsomely rebound in 1/4 dark green morocco. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., (1916). A near fine copy.<br/> <br/>

Synopsis

The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby is a children's novel by the Reverend Charles Kingsley. Written in 1862-1863 as a serial for Macmillan's Magazine, it was first published in its entirety in 1863. The book was extremely popular during its day, and was a mainstay of children's literature through the 1920s,  but eventually fell out of favor in part due to its prejudices against Irish, Jews, Catholics, blacks, Americans, and the poor. In the style of Victorian-era novels, The Water-Babies is a didactic moral fable about a young chimney sweep, Tom, who falls into a river and becomes a 'water-baby,' guided by moral teachers through lessons and adventures, eventually earning the right to become human again and being united with an upper-class girl Ellie who had also become a 'water-baby.'

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Bookseller
Argosy Book Store US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
165076
Title
The Water-Babies
Author
KINGSLEY, Charles
Illustrator
Smith, Jessie Willcox.
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - near fine
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
Dodd, Mead & Co
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1916
Keywords
Smith,Jessie Willcox;Smith,Jessie Willcox

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Rebound
A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
Fine
A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Morocco
Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...

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