Excelsior Edition of Standard Juvenile Literature
Published by American News Company
1. Children of the Abbey | by Regina Maria Roche |
2. Ivanhoe | by Sir Walter Scott |
3. Scottish Chiefs | by Jane Porter |
4. Thaddeus of Warsaw | by Jane Porter |
5. Treasures from Fairy Land | by Raymond Rossiter/ Grace Greenwood |
6. Robinson Crusoe | by Daniel Defoe |
7. Arabian Nights | by Anonymous |
8. Gulliver's Travels | by Jonathan Swift |
9. Swiss Family Robinson | by Anonymous |
10. Pilgrim's Progress | by John Bunyan |
11. Don Quixote | by Cervantes |
12. Vicar of Wakefield | by Oliver Goldsmith |
13. Grimm's Fairy Tales | by Mrs. H. B. Paull |
14. Andersen's Fairy Tales | by Mrs. H. B. Paull |
15. Aesop's Fables | by Anonymous |
This set was published by American News Company.
Initially this series only included volumes #6-11 (1878). Later #1-5
were added. Format 1 included the first eleven titles. #12-15 were
added late in 1880.
Format 1 (Begun in 1878) Volumes #1-11
Cloth. Various colors. Gilt spine and cover letter boxes with a black
line drawn pattern.
Cloth. Various colors. Gilt cover/spine letterbox with black stamping.
8 vo. (7.56" x 5"). This format was started in about 1880.
Volumes #1-15