Peter Newell's Pictures and Rhymes: The Original Edition of 1903 - Paperback

by Peter Newell (Illustrator), John Kendrick Bangs (Author), Peter Newell (Author)

Complete digitally restored reprint (facsimile handmade reproduction) of the original edition of 1903 with excellent resolution and outstanding readability. Memoir by John Kendrick Bangs about Peter Newell. Illustrated with 49 pictures and image-text descriptions by Peter Newell (1862-1924). The layout is +30 % larger as the original for a better readability.

Author Biography

Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell (born March 5, 1862, died January 15, 1924). He was an American artist and author, and a famous illustrator of children's books at the turn of the century. Besides his own books, Peter Newell illustrated Mark Twain's "Innocents Abroad" and Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass." He is the author of the Classics "The Hole Book," "The Slant Book," and "The Rocket Book." John Kendrick Bangs (born May 27, 1862, died January 21, 1922). He was an American author, editor and satirist. In 1904 he was appointed editor of Puck, perhaps the foremost American humor magazine of its day.