Children's Favorite Classics

Published by Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.
Adventures of a Brownie by Miss Mulock 1893
Aesop's Fables by McSpadden 1903
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 1893
Anderson's Fairy Tales by Anonymous 1897
Arabian Nights by Anonymous 1900
Baron Munchausen by Raspe 1902
Bible Stories for Young People by Sarah E. Dawes 1903
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell 1895
Carrots by Mrs. Molesworth 1895
Cuckoo Clock by Mrs. Molesworth 1895
Dog of Flanders and Other Stories by Ouida 1910
Don Quixote retold by Calvin Dill Watson 1901
Fairy Book by Miss Mulock 1898 (16 mo. only)
Fairy Legends of the French Provinces
1903
Grandfather's Chair by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1898 (16 mo. only)
Greek Heroes by Charles Kingsley 1900
Grimm's Tales by Lucy Crane 1896
Gulliver's Travels by Dean Swift 1901
Heart by De Amicis 1901
Heidi by Johanna Spyri 1902
History of England by Calcott 1902
History of France by Calcott 1902
History of Greece by Calcott 1902
History of Rome by Calcott 1902
Jackanapes and Daddy Darwin by Mrs. J. H. Ewing 1893
Little Lame Prince by Miss Mulock 1893
Lob Lie by the Fire by Mrs. J. H. Ewing 1893
Mopsa, the Fairy by Jean Ingelow 1901
Peep of Day by Anonymous 1893
Pilgrim's Progress by Bunyan 1903
Robin Hood by J. Walker McSpadden 1904
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe 1899
Rollo at Work by Jacob Abbott 1897
Rollo at Play by Jacob Abbott 1897
Stories of King Arthur by U. Waldo Cutler 1904
Stories from Chaucer by J. W. McSpadden 1906-1909
Stories from Dickens by J. Walker McSpadden 1906
Stories from Homer by Alfred J. Church 1901
Stories from Morris by Madeline Edgar 1907
Stories from Plutarch by F. Jameson Rowbotham 1905
Stories from Scottish History by M. L. Edgar 1906
Stories from Virgil by Alfred J. Church 1901
Stories from Wagner by J. Walker McSpadden 1905
Stories of Early England by E. M. Wilmot-Buxton 1910
Story of a Short Life by Mrs. J. H. Ewing 1893
Swiss Family Robinson by J. D. And J. R. Wyss 1899
Tales of Herodotus by H. L. Have 1906
Tales from Shakespeare by Charles Lamb 1903
Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1897
Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll 1893
Treasure Island by Stevenson 1910
Water Babies by Charles Kingsley 1895
Wonder Book by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1896

The date noted after the book titles is when the volume was added to this series. All of these books are reprints.

Between 1893 and 1898 there were two formats published: an 8vo. and a 16 mo. sized book.
Beginning in 1899 the 8 vo. books were no longer published.
In 1900 a new format was introduced for the 16 mo. titles.

Format 1 (8 vo.) 1893-1898
Cloth. Light blue. Cover has a decorative floral design. Gilt lettering on the spine and the cover. 8.5" x 6.5". Illustrations.


Format 1 (16 mo.) 1893-1897.
Half vellum. Floral picture on right half of the front cover. Gilt spine lettering.
(Three quarter vellum bindings have also been seen. It is unclear as to the dates of each format.)


Format 2 (1898-1899)
Cloth. Green seen. Decorative floral cover design. Gilt spine lettering. 6.5" x 4.5".


Format 3 (1900-1906)
Cloth. Green. Full cover (back and front) book appropriate applique. Colored frontispiece. 6.75" x 4.5".


Format 4. 1907-1910'2
Cloth. Red with full cover book appropriate applique. 6.75" x 4.5"