Boys and Girls Bookshelf is the first volume of a sweeping seventeen-volume anthology assembled at the turn of the twentieth century, offering young readers stories, fables, poems, nature writing, and instructive essays chosen for their power to entertain and to build character. The subtitle — Fun and Thought for Little Folk — neatly captures the balance the editors aimed for.
Compiled from the work of numerous authors, this opening volume provides a rich sampler of the children’s literature valued in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. It makes an interesting historical document as well as a genuine treasury of enjoyable reading. Download the free EPUB to browse its varied pages.