H. M. Caldwell

 
 


Chef D'Oeuvre Series (Later numbering)

Topic:

Publish Dates: 1898-1899

Volumes: 126

Formats: 2

 


Title:

Author:

Year:

Illustrator:

1

Autocrat of the Breakfast Table

Oliver Wendell Holmes

 


2

Adventures of a Brownie

Miss Mulock

 


3

Alice in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll

 


4

Abbe Constantin

Ludovic Halevy

 


5

Addresses

Henry Drummond

 


6

Addresses

Phillips Brooks

 


7

Dog of Flanders

Ouida

 


8

Aesop's Fables

Anonymous

 


9

Attic Philosopher

Emile Souvestre

 


10

Auld Licht Idylls

James M. Barrie

 


11

Abide in Christ

Andrew Murray

 


12

Big Bow Mystery

Zangwill

 


13

Barrack Room Ballads

Rudyard Kipling

 


14

Black Beauty

Anna Sewell

 


15

Black Box Murder

Maarten Maartens

 


16

Blind Musician

Vladimir Korolenko

 


17

Bonnie Brier Bush

Ian MacLaren

 


18

Confessions of an Opium Eater

Thomas De Quincey

 


19

Crown of Wild Olive

John Ruskin

 


20

Childe Harold

Lord Byron

 


21

Cranford

Mrs. Gaskell

 


22

Child's History of England

Charles Dickens

 


23

Christian Living

F. B. Meyer

 


24

Dream Life

Daniel G. Mitchell

 


25

Dreams

Olive Schreiner

 


26

Drummond's Yearbook

Henry Drummond

 


27

Dolly Dialogues

Anthony Hope

 


28

Devil's Pool

George Sand

 


29

Departmental Ditties

Rudyard Kipling

 


30

Editha's Burglar

Frances Hodgson Burnett

 


31

Ethics of the Dust

John Ruskin

 


32

Evangeline

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

 


33

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

 


34

Francois the Waif

George Sand

 


35

Fadette

George Sand

 


36

Gold Dust

C. M. Yonge

 


37

House of Seven Gables

Nathaniel Hawthorne

 


38

Idle Thoughts

Jerome K. Jerome

 


39

Idylls of the King

Alfred Lord Tennyson

 


40

Imitation of Christ

Thomas A. Kempis

 


41

Japhet in Search of a Father

Frederick Marryat

 


42

Jacob the Faithful

Frederick Marryat

 


43

Jesus Only


 


44

King's Stratagem

Stanley Weyman

 


45

Kept for the Master's Use

F. R. Havergal

 


46

Keeping The Heart

John Flavel

 


47

Liberty

John Stuart Mill

 


48

Light of Asia

Edwin Arnold

 


49

Longfellow's Poems

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

 


50

Lucile

Owen Meredith

 


51

Lady of the Lake

Walter Scott

 


52

Lalla Rookh

Thomas Moore

 


53

La Fontaine's Fables

Felix Lorioux Fontaine

 


54

Little Rosebud

Beatrice Harraden

 


55

Like Christ

Andrew Mu

 


56

Modern Painters

John Ruskin

 


57

Mosses from an Old Manse

Nathaniel Hawthorne

 


58

My Friend the Murderer

Arthur Conan Doyle

 


59

Mystery of Cloomber

Arthur Conan Doyle

 


60

Man in Black

Stanley Weyman

 


61

Midshipman's Easy

Frederick Marryat

 


62

My Lady Nicotine

James M. Barrie

 


63

Miss Toosey's Mission and Laddie


 


64

Old Mam'selle's Secret

Eugene Marlitt

 


65

Paul and Virginia

Bernadin De St. Pierre

 


66

Princess

Alfred Lord Tennyson

 


67

Pleasures of Life

John Lubbock

 


68

Paradise Lost

John Milton

 


69

Paradise Regained

John Milton

 


70

Prince of the House of David

J. H. Ingraham

 


71

Peg Woffington

Charles Reade

 


72

Pilgrim's Progress

John Bunyan

 


73

Peter Simple

Frederick Marryat

 


74

Queen of the Air

John Ruskin

 


75

Reveries of a Bachelor

Donald G. Mitchell

 


76

Representative Men

Ralph Waldo Emerson

 


77

Royal Commandments

F. R. Havergal

 


78

Romance of a Poor Young Man

Octave Feuillet

 


79

Samantha at Saratoga

Marietta Holley

 


80

Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne

 


81

Sesame and Lilies

John Ruskin

 


82

Stickit Minister

S. R. Crockett

 


83

Stones of Venice

John Ruskin

 


84

Sketch Book

Washington Irving

 


85

Story of an African Farm

Olive Schreiner

 


86

Shepherd Psalm

F. B. Meyer

 


87

Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson

 


88

Tillyloss Scandal

James M. Barrie

 


89

Ten Nights in a Barroom

T. S. Arthur

 


90

Tanglewood Tales

Nathaniel Hawthorne

 


91

Tales from Shakespeare

Charles and Mary Lamb

 


92

Twice Told Tales

Nathaniel Hawthorne

 


93

Undine

Fouque

 


94

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Hariet Beecher Stowe

 


95

Vicar of Wakefield

Oliver Goldsmith

 


96

Water Babies

Charles Kingsley

 


97

With Christ

Andrew Murray

 


98

Wonder Book

Nathaniel Hawthorne

 


99

Window in Thrums

James M. Barrie

 


 

Added in 1899:

101

Bracebridge Hall

Washington Irving

 


102

After Bread

Henryk Sienkiewicz

 


103

Doctor Ox's Experiment

Jules Verne

 


104

Flower Fables

Louisa May Alcott

 


105

Fairyland of Science

Buckley

 


106

Familiar Quotations

Bartlett

 


107

Hiawatha

Henry W. Longfellow

 


108

In Black and White

Rudyard Kipling

 


109

Let Us Follow Him

Henryk Sienkiwicz

 


110

Mine Own People

Rudyard Kipling

 


111

On the Sunny Shore

Henryk Sienkiwicz

 


112

Prue and I

G. W. Curtis

 


113

Plain Tales from the Hills

Rudyard Kipling

 


114

Phantom Rickshaw

Rudyard Kipling

 


115

Rab and His Friends

John Brown

 


116

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Edward Fitzgerald

 


117

Soldiers Three

Rudyard Kipling

 


118

Story of the Gadsby's

Rudyard Kipling

 


119

Light that Failed

Rudyard Kipling

 


120

Tour of the World in Eighty Days

Jules Verne

 


121

Under the Deodars

Rudyard Kipling

 


122

Wee Willie Winkie

Rudyard Kipling

 


123

Wreck of the Chancellor

Jules Verne

 


124

Mornings in Florence

John Ruskin

 


125

City of Dreadful Night and American Notes

Rudyard Kipling

 


126

Letters of Marque

Rudyard Kipling

 


 

H. M. Caldwell Co. published this series beginning in 1896. The numbering changed during the course of the series publication. The first numbered list was used in 1896 and 1897. The next list was first noted in 1898 with additions in 1899.

Format 1(1898)
Cloth. Stamped in gilt and various colored inks. 6” x 4.25”

Format 2 (1899)
Cloth. Stamped in gilt and colored inks. Gilt lettered cover title. 6” x 4.25"

 

Format 1

Format 2

 

 

Last Revision: January 2, 2025