English Children's Books 1600 to 1900
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Muir, Percy H.
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1954
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I debated whether to include this book in this fable collection. Upon reflection, it is such a good source with such good perspective and comprehensive coverage that its contributions on fable make it worthwhile. In its brief comments, it touches upon Caxton, Ogilby, La Fontaine, Locke, l'Estrange, Croxall, Richardson, Newbury, Fenn, Baldwin, and Robinson. Wow! I take the book to be a classic and am happy to have it at hand. Just after cataloguing this book, I found notes I took on it many years ago. Those notes point out that Puritans were really tough on children. Their anti-tracts show that there were books for children that they thought needed to be countered with their strict religious doctrine and discipline. Chap books were not just for children. The late eighteenth century saw a spate of prolific women writers, including Lady Eleanor Fenn. Muir can be outspokenly critical as he is of them: There is a nauseating fascination about these arch and insipid anecdotes that tempts one to quote them. But they are all very much of a piece. . . . (84).
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B.T. Batsford LTD
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8132 (Access ID)