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• Oliver of the Mill: A Tale (Montreal: Dawson Brothers, 1876), by Maria Louisa Charlesworth (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Copper Princess: A Story of Lake Superior Mines (New York and London: Harper and Bros., 1898), by Kirk Munroe, illust. by W. A. Rogers (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
• The Flower Princess (with "The Little Friend", "The Mermaid's Child", and "The Ten Blowers"; Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1904), by Abbie Farwell Brown
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  • page images at HathiTrust
• Laddie (ca. 1894), by Evelyn Whitaker (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Lily and the Cross: A Tale of Acadia (Boston: Lee and Shepard, c1874), by James De Mille
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• The Pretty Sister of José (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1889), by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Princess Nobody: A Tale of Fairyland (London: Longmans, Green and Co., n.d.), by Andrew Lang, illust. by Richard Doyle and Edmund Evans (page images at ufl.edu)
• A Roman Reporter (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; et al., ca. 1893), by Arthur Aikin Brodribb (HTML with commentary at elfinspell.com)
• Tip Cat (Boston: Roberts Bros., 1884), by Evelyn Whitaker (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Three Bright Girls: A Story of Chance and Mischance, by Annie E. Armstrong, illust. by William Parkinson (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Princess Nobody: A Tale of Fairyland, by Andrew Lang, illust. by Richard Doyle and Edmund Evans (Gutenberg ebook)
• Patty's Fortune, by Carolyn Wells, illust. by Edward C. Caswell (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Feather, by Ford Madox Ford, illust. by Ford Madox Brown (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Story of Jack Ballister's Fortunes: Being the narrative of the adventures of a young gentleman of good family, who was kidnapped in the year 1719 and carried to the plantations of the continent of Virginia, where he fell in with that famous pirate Captain Edward Teach, or Blackbeard; of his escape from the pirates and the rescue of a young lady from out their hands, by Howard Pyle (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Brown Owl: A Fairy Story, by Ford Madox Ford, illust. by Ford Madox Brown (Gutenberg ebook)
• Backfischchen's Leiden und Freuden: Eine Erzählung für junge Mädchen (in German), by Clementine Helm (Gutenberg ebook)
• Elsie's Young Folks in Peace and War, by Martha Finley (Gutenberg ebook)
• Nellie's Housekeeping: Little Sunbeams Series, by Joanna H. Mathews (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Popular Story of Blue Beard: Embellished with neat Engravings, by Charles Perrault (Gutenberg ebook)
• Our Little German Cousin, by Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade, illust. by L. J. Bridgman (Gutenberg ebook)
• Philippa, by Mrs. Molesworth, illust. by Joseph Finnemore (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Sweet Girl Graduate, by L. T. Meade, illust. by Hal Ludlow (Gutenberg ebook)
• That Girl in Black; and, Bronzie, by Mrs. Molesworth (Gutenberg ebook)
• Joan of the Sword Hand, by S. R. Crockett, illust. by Frank Richards (Gutenberg ebook)
• Marion Berkley: A Story for Girls, by Elizabeth B. Comins (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding, by Annie F. Johnston, illust. by Etheldred B. Barry (Gutenberg ebook)
• Nurse Heatherdale's Story, by Mrs. Molesworth, illust. by L. Leslie Brooke (Gutenberg ebook)
• From Squire to Squatter: A Tale of the Old Land and the New, by Gordon Stables (Gutenberg ebook)
• Annie o' the Banks o' Dee, by Gordon Stables (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Ranch Girls at Home Again, by Margaret Vandercook, illust. by Ralph P. Coleman (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Camp Fire Girls in After Years, by Margaret Vandercook (Gutenberg ebook)
• Witch Winnie: The Story of a "King's Daughter", by Elizabeth W. Champney (Gutenberg ebook)
• Antony Waymouth; Or, The Gentlemen Adventurers, by William Henry Giles Kingston (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Cruise of the Frolic, by William Henry Giles Kingston (Gutenberg ebook)
• Waihoura, the Maori Girl, by William Henry Giles Kingston (Gutenberg ebook)
• Hildegarde's Harvest, by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (Gutenberg ebook)
• Elsie on the Hudson, by Martha Finley (Gutenberg ebook)
• Nobody, by Susan Warner (Gutenberg ebook)
• The End of a Coil, by Susan Warner (Gutenberg ebook)
• Fernley House, by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards, illust. by Etheldred B. Barry (Gutenberg ebook)
• Aron prinsessa (in Finnish), by E. Marlitt, trans. by Alma Suppanen (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Faithless Parrot, by Charles H. Bennett (Gutenberg ebook)
• The child of the cavern, or, Strange doings underground (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1883), by Jules Verne, William Henry Giles Kingston, Marston Sampson Low, and Gilbert & Rivington (page images at Florida)
• The rainbow of charity, or, The best feelings of the heart (Philadelphia ;: New York, 1857), by Mary Durang, S. Douglas Wyeth, and Fisher & Brother (page images at Florida)
• The flower of friendship, or Sincerity's gift (Philadelphia ;: New York, 1857), by Mary Durang, S. Douglas Wyeth, and Fisher & Brother (page images at Florida)
• The pearls (Boston: Crosby, Nichols & Co., 1857), by Olga Eschenbach, Agnes Franz, Trauermantel, George S Blanchard, James T Powers, Edwin J Weller, Joseph Foxcroft Cole, and Nichols Crosby (page images at Florida)
• The ice-maiden (Philadelphia: Frederick Leypoldt, 1863), by H. C. Andersen, Fanny Fuller, Frederick Leypoldt, Frederick W Christern, and King & Baird (page images at Florida)
• Legendary tales (London: Bell and Daldy, 1858), by Alfred Gatty, Hablot Knight Browne, Bell and Daldy, and Chiswick Press (page images at Florida)
• Tom Butler's trouble (London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1869), by Charles Manby Smith, Frederick Warne and Co, Welford and Co Scribner, and J. Ogden and Co (page images at Florida)
• Melcomb Manor (London: Marcus Ward & Co., 1875), by F. Scarlett Potter, illust. by Kate Greenaway (page images at Florida)
• Prince Perindo's wish (Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1874), illust. by W. Ballingall (page images at Florida)
• Tom Butler's trouble (New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1871), by Charles Manby Smith, illust. by Dalziel Brothers (page images at Florida)
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and the spectre bridegroom (London, New York: Frederick Warne and Co., 1875), by Washington Irving, illust. by J Duthie, Walter Mason Oddie, and Richardson & Cox (page images at Florida)
• The Dream chintz (London: W. N. Wright, 1851), by Henry S. Mackarness, illust. by James Godwin, Mason Jackson, George S Measom, Edward Dalziel, and G Hammond (page images at Florida)
• Laddie (New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1892), by Evelyn Whitaker (page images at Florida)
• The Master of Ballantrae (London, New York, Toronto: Cassell and Company, c1889), by Robert Louis Stevenson, illust. by Walter Paget (page images at Florida)
• Sybil Grey (London and New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1879) (page images at Florida)
• The Old ship, or, Better than strength (London: William Wells Gardner, 1879), by H. A Forde (page images at Florida)
• Ester Ried, asleep and awake (Cincinnati: Western Tract and Book Society, 1872), by Pansy (page images at Florida)
• Sage stuffing for green goslings, or, Saws for the goose and saws for the gander (London: G. Routledge and Sons, 1872), by Hugh Rowley and Dalziel Brothers, illust. by Hugh Rowley (page images at Florida)
• "Vic" (Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Co., 1892), by Marie Louise More Marsh (page images at Florida)
• Prince Tip-top (Chicago: A.C. McClurg and Co., 1892), by Marguerite Bouvet, illust. by Helen Maitland Armstrong (page images at Florida)
• Life's fairy tales (New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1892), by John Ames Mitchell (page images at Florida)
• Nutcracker and Mouse King (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892), by E. T. A. Hoffmann, trans. by A. R. Hope Moncrieff, illust. by Bertall (page images at Florida)
• A sprig of white heather (London ;: Brighton :, 1888), by Austin Clare and Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain) -- Committee of General Literature and Education, illust. by Walter Jenks Morgan (page images at Florida)
• The Redfords (London et al.: Blackie & Son, 1886), by George Cupples (page images at Florida)
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1891), by Washington Irving, illust. by J Duthie, Walter Mason Oddie, and Richardson & Cox (page images at Florida)
• Three Vassar girls in Switzerland (Boston: Estes & Lauriat, n.d.), by Elizabeth W. Champney, illust. by James Wells Champney (page images at Florida)
• The story of Jack Ballister's fortunes (New York: Century Co., 1895), by Howard Pyle, illust. by Howard Pyle (page images at Florida)
• The dream chintz (Boston and Cambridge: J. Munroe and Company, 1851), by Henry S. Mackarness (page images at Florida)
• Rip Van Winkle (London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1893), by Washington Irving, illust. by George Henry Boughton (page images at Florida)
• A Little colonial dame (New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, c1898), by Agnes Carr Sage, illust. by Mabel Humphrey (page images at Florida)
• A little Puritan rebel (Boston: L.C. Page and Company, 1898), by Edith Robinson, Amy M. Sacker, and Page Company (page images at Florida)
• Sister" (London, Edinburgh, New York: T. Nelson and Sons, 1898), by Evelyn Everett-Green (page images at Florida)
• A modern Puck (London: Jarrold and Sons, 1898), by Agnes Giberne, illust. by Florence M Cooper (page images at Florida)
• Little Lois (London, Edinburgh, New York: T. Nelson and Sons, 1898), by Evelyn Everett-Green and Thomas Nelson & Sons (page images at Florida)
• The Little bugler (London: S.W. Partridge & Co., c1899), by G. Monroe Royce (page images at Florida)
• The Jessamines (London: Sunday School Union, 1899), by Grace Stebbing (page images at Florida)
• A Little daughter of the revolution (New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, c1899), by Agnes Carr Sage (page images at Florida)
• A loyal little maid (Boston: L.C. Page and Company, 1897, c1896), by Edith Robinson and Geo. C. Scott & Sons (Electrotyper), illust. by Amy M. Sacker (page images at Florida)
• Ethel Ripon, or, Beware of idle words (London, Manchester, Brighton: Religious Tract Society, 1875), by George E. Sargent (page images at Florida)
• Milly's trials and triumphs (London: Religious Tract Society, 1886), by Francis C. Woodworth, Josiah Wood Whymper, Religious Tract Society (Great Britain), and Pardon and Sons (page images at Florida)
• The blue ribbons (Boston: Whittemore, Niles, and Hall, 1856), by Anna H Drury, Niles Whittemore, and Allen and Farnham (page images at Florida)
• Tom Butler's trouble (London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1868), by Charles Manby Smith, Frederick Warne and Co, Welford and Co Scribner, and J. Ogden and Co (page images at Florida)
• The wooing of Master Fox (Philadelphia: Ashmead & Evans, 1866), by Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton, George G White, Henry Buckley Ashmead, O. D Martin, Ashmead & Evans, Van Ingen & Snyder, and J. Fagan & Son (page images at Florida)
• The frog who would a wooing go (Boston: Brown, Taggard & Chase, 1858), by Hobart and Robbins (Electrotyper ), illust. by John Andrew, Daniel T. Smith, and George W. Hill (page images at Florida)
• Better patrimony than gold (London: Dean and Son, 1872), by Charles Martel, illust. by George S Measom (page images at Florida)
• The good old days, or, Christmas under Queen Elizabeth (London: Marcus Ward & Co., n.d.), by Esmè Stuart, Marcus Ward & Co, and Royal Ulster Works, illust. by Henry Stacy Marks (page images at Florida)
• The faithless parrot (London: G. Routledge and Co., 1863), by Charles H. Bennett (page images at Florida)
• The frog who would a-wooing go (London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1864), by Charles H. Bennett (page images at Florida)
• Ester Ried, asleep and awake (Boston: Henry Hoyt, n.d.), by Pansy, illust. by A. P Close (page images at Florida)
• The history of Hortense (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1870), by John S. C. Abbott (page images at Florida)
• The fairy spinner (London: Marcus Ward & Co., 1875), by Miranda Hill, Marcus Ward & Co, and Royal Ulster Works, illust. by Kate Greenaway (page images at Florida)
• Eldergowan, or, Twelve months of my life (1874), by Rosa M. Gilbert, Marcus Ward & Co, and Royal Ulster Works (page images at Florida)
• The three sisters (London and New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1887) (page images at Florida)
• Heartsease and the rabbits (London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1882), by E. A De Cosson and Billing and Sons (page images at Florida)
• Sintram and his companions (London: Seeley Jackson & Halliday, n.d.), by Friedrich Heinrich Karl La Motte-Fouqué, illust. by Heywood Sumner (page images at Florida)
• The whisperer (London and Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers, 1888), by S. C. Hall and William and Robert Chambers (page images at Florida)
• Petsetilla's posy (London and New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1871), by Tom Hood and Dalziel Brothers, illust. by Frederick Barnard (page images at Florida)
• A pleasant life (London and Edinburgh: Gall & Inglis, 1875), by Mary Botham Howitt (page images at Florida)
• Ashgrove Farm, or, A place for every one (London: George Routledge and Sons, 1875), by C. E. Bowen (page images at Florida)
• Waihoura, or, the New Zealand girl (New York: Pott, Young & Co., n.d.), by William Henry Giles Kingston (page images at Florida)
• Priscilla the stolen one, and Theodore, her faithful lover (Halifax: William Nicholson and Sons, 1875), by Judith Caseley and William Nicholson and Sons (page images at Florida)
• Sleeping beauty (New York: McLoughlin Brothers, n.d.), by Charles Perrault (page images at Florida)
• The brown owl (London: T.Fisher Unwin, 1892), by Ford Madox Ford and Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress), illust. by Ford Madox Brown (page images at Florida)
• La Belle Nivernaise (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892), by Alphonse Daudet, trans. by Robert Routledge, illust. by Montégut (page images at Florida)
• Helen Glenn, or, My mother's enemy (Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., n.d.), by Lucy C Lillie (page images at Florida)
• The feather (New York: Cassell Publishing Company, 1892), by Ford Madox Ford, illust. by Ford Madox Brown (page images at Florida)
• The boy travellers in Mexico (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1890), by Thomas Wallace Knox, illust. by Edouard Riou, Allen Williams, Félix Jean Gauchard, and Bobbett & Hooper (page images at Florida)
• The blacksmith of Boniface Lane (London et al.: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1895), by A. L. O. E. (page images at Florida)
• As we sweep through the deep (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1895), by Gordon Stables, illust. by Rhind (page images at Florida)
• Fairbrass (Birmingham: Cornish Brothers, 1895), by T. Edgar Pemberton, illust. by Kate E Bunce (page images at Florida)
• The lost treasure of Trevlyn (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1894), by Evelyn Everett-Green (page images at Florida)
• Shut in (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1894), by Evelyn Everett-Green (page images at Florida)
• The church and the king (London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1892), by Evelyn Everett-Green (page images at Florida)
• Lily and Water-lily (London: A.D. Innes & Co., 1893), by Alice Vansittart Strettel Carr, illust. by Winifred Smith (page images at Florida)
• The history of Gutta-Percha Willie (London et al.: Blackie & Son, 1896), by George MacDonald, illust. by Arthur Hughes and Dalziel Brothers (page images at Florida)
• A flat iron for a farthing, or, Some passages in the life of an only son (London and New York: George Bell and Sons, 1896), by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing, illust. by Helen Paterson Allingham and Horace Harral (page images at Florida)
• Page, squire and knight (London: Book Society, 1896), by J Colomb, ed. by W. H. Davenport Adams (page images at Florida)
• Chumley's post (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897), by William Osborn Stoddard, illust. by Charles H. Stephens (page images at Florida)
• Both sides the border (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1898), by G. A. Henty and Charles Scribner's Sons, illust. by Ralph Peacock (page images at Florida)
• In the land of the lion and the ostrich (London: Religious Tract Society, n.d.), by Gordon Stables, illust. by Alfred Pearse (page images at Florida)
• The Copper Princess (London and New York: Harper & Brothers, n.d.), by Kirk Munroe, illust. by W. A. Rogers (page images at Florida)
• The resolute Mr. Pansy (Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1898), by John Trowbridge, illust. by Victor A Searles (page images at Florida)
• Dulcie Delight (London (9 Paternoster Row): S.W. Partridge & Co., 1890), by Jennie Chappell (page images at Florida)
• Satisfied (London: S.W. Partridge & Co., 1898), by Catharine M Trowbridge, illust. by W. Rainey (page images at Florida)
• Bob, son of Battle (New York: Garden City Publishing Co., n.d.), by Alfred Ollivant, illust. by Marguerite Kirmse (page images at Florida)

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