c1905 The Water-Babies Told to the Children

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Colour Plates, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

Told to the Children Series. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and seven colour plates. Collated complete. A retelling of The Water-Babies, a children's novel which follows a young chimney sweep who falls into a river after encountering an upper-class girl named Ellie and being chased out of her house. There he appears to drown and is transformed into a "water-baby". Originally written by Charles Kingsley, a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. Retold by Amy Steedman, a distinguished English author, renowned for her contributions to children's literature in the early twentieth century. Edited by Louey Chisholm, a British children's author. Illustrated by Katharine Cameron, a Scottish artist, watercolourist, and printmaker.