The National Review Treasury of Classic Children's Literature: Volume Two

Overview:

  • Title: The National Review Treasury of Classic Children's Literature: Volume Two
  • Author: William F. Buckley, Jr.
  • Year: 2003
  • ISBN-10: 0962784176
  • Publisher: ISI Books
  • Price: $29.95
  • Pages: ix+517
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: Toomai of the Elephants
  • Notes:
    • Data from Internet Archive scan
    • No edition or printing statement
    • Title page has "2003" and copyright is 2003 and so that is dating applied to this record. However, front dust jacket flap blurb states "Like it's predecessor (published in 2003), ..." which implies it was actualy published later. As of 2022-04-11, Amazon.com lists a date of April 2004.
    • Cover has "Selected by William F. Buckley, Jr.". Title page has no credit.
    • "Jacket Design by Luba Myts" on copyright page
    • Copyright page has LoC publication data containing ISBNs for both volume one and volume two and the LCCN of volume one (2003101756)
    • Introduction is a except from the volume one introduction
    • Most stories are illustrated with multiple artworks. These are currently entered as a single entry.
    • "Toomai of the Elephants" artwork is signed, but name cannot be made out in scan
    • "Johnny and the Giant" artwork is signed, but name cannot be made out in scan
    • Only clear genre stories have been entered below. Other story contents include: page 4, "Daisy's Jewel-Box and How She Filled It" by Louisa May Alcott page 15, "The Blind Lark" by Louisa May Alcott page 40, "Another Chance" by Julia Truitt Bishop page 72, "Richard, My King: The Story of a Crusader Knight" by Livingstone B. Morse page 122, "Kane and Pard" by Addison Howard Gibson page 173, "The Little Maid of the Beach" by Florence Francis page 178, "The Cruise of the Dazzler" by Jack London page 218, "Jacob and Gretchen" by Elizabeth Atkins page 265, "The Wyndham Girls" by Marion Ames Taggart page 322, "Bread and Jam" by Henry Bacon page 332, "Laetitia and the Redcoats" by Lillian L. Price page 337, "The Rescue of a Redcoat" by Grace E. Craig page 344, "The Boy and the Baron" by Adeline Knapp page 396, "'Pigs is Pigs'" by Ellis Parker Butler page 404, "Frieda's Doves" by Blanche Willis Howard page 444, "The Sea-Horse of Grand Terre" by Charles Tenney Jackson page 457, "Tom Sawyer, Detective" by Mark Twain Verifier should check whether any of these are genre and should be added.