Poem and illustration

Poem by Frank Dempster Sherman. Illustration by Billie Parks. “Childcraft, Volume One. Poems of Early Childhood.” Published by the Quarrie Corp in Chicago. Copyright 1923, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1937, and 1939. Edited by S. Edgar Farquhar and Patty Smith Hill. Art editor Milo Winter. 38 artists listed in addition to the work of Milo Winter.

Nov 24, 2012 - Pretty illustrations by the famous Tasha Tudor and poems by Robert Louis Stevenson. This was saved from a vintage children's book, all with poems of childhood from Mr. Stevenson. He wrote most of the poems as child when he was bedridden. He dreamed of far away places....the rest is history. Page measures about 8 1\/2 …

This illustration is from the public domain book, The Book of Knowledge, The Children’s Encyclopedia, Edited by Arthur Mee and Holland Thompson, Ph. D., Vol II, Copyright 1912, The Grolier Society of New York. The original copyright for these books was 1899. This poem and illustration of a mother and child is from page 564. The poem is titled "Who Can This Somebody Be?"

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Another pretty image from The Ellison Reader Enjoy!!