Famous Books for Girls

Topic: Stories for young girls

Publish Dates: 1899-1913

Volumes: >70

Formats: 1

Numbering 1899:

	Title:	Author:	Year:	Illustrator:
1	Soldier of Fortune	L. T. Meade
2	Aunt Diana	Rosa N. Carey
3	Averil	Rosa N. Carey
4	Donovan	Edna Lyall
5	Great Emergency	J. H. Ewing
6	Gold Elsie	E. Marlitt
7	Heriot’s Choice	Rosa N. Carey
8	In the Golden Days	Edna Lyall
9	Jackanapes	J. H. Ewing
10	Jan of the Windmill	J. H. Ewing
11	Lamplighter	Maria S. Cummins
12	Kitty Landon’s Girlhood	Jessie Armstrong
13	Knight Errant	Edna Lyall
14	Merle’s Crusade	Rosa N. Carey
15	Molly Bawn	Duchess
16	Old Mam’selle’s Secret	E. Marlitt
17	Our Bessie	Rosa N. Carey
18	Mrs. Over-the-Ways Reminiscences	J. H. Ewing
19	Pride and Prejudice	Jane Austen
20	Rhoda Thornton’s Girlhood	Mary Pratt
21	Schonberg-Cotta Family	Mrs. Charles
22	Six to Sixteen	J. H. Ewing
23	Us	Mrs. Molesworth
24	We and the World	J. H. Ewing
25	Whom Kathie Married	Amanda Douglas

New Books for 1900:

	Title:	Author:	Year:	Illustrator:
26	Children of the Abbey	R. M. Roche
27	Jane Eyre	Charlotte Bronte
28	Girl in Ten Thousand	L. T. Meade
29	Alice in Wonderland	Lewis Carroll
30	Two Girls Abroad	Nellie M. Carter
31	Polly	L. T. Meade
32	Sweet Girl Graduate	L. T. Meade

New Books for 1901-1902:

	Title:	Author:	Year:	Illustrator:
33	Sense and Sensibility	Jane Austen
34	Wide, Wide World	Elizabeth Wetherell
35	Silence of Dean Maitland	Maxwell Gray

New Numbering 1903-1904:

	Title:	Author:	Year:	Illustrator:
1	Amy Deane	Virginia Townsend
2	Girl in Ten Thousand	L. T. Meade
3	Sweet Girl Graduate	L. T. Meade
4	Aunt Diana	Rosa N. Carey
5	Averil	Rosa N. Carey
6	Very Naughty Girl	L. T. Meade
7	Barbara's Triumphs	Mary Denison
8	Frenchman's Ward	Mary Denison
9	Guardian's Trust	Mary Denison
10	Girls of True Blue	L. T. Meade
11	House that Grew	Mrs. Molesworth
12	Lamplighter	Maria S. Cummins
13	Little Minister	James Barrie
14	Margery Keith	Virginia Townsend
15	Next Door House	Mrs. Molesworth
16	Not Like Other Girls	Rosa N. Carey
17	Our Bessie	Rosa N. Carey
18	Only the Governess	L. T. Meade
19	Polly	L. T. Meade
20	Queechy	Elizabeth Wetherell
21	Six to Sixteen	J. H. Ewing
22	Three Bright Girls	Annie E. Armstrong
23	Whom Kathie Married	Amanda Douglas
24	We and the World	Elizabeth Wetherell
25	Wide, Wide World	Elizabeth Wetherell
26	World of Girls	L. T. Meade
27	While it Was Morning	Virginia Townsend

New Books for 1905:

	Title:	Author:	Year:	Illustrator:
18	Fair Maid of Marblehead	Kate Tannatt Woods
28	Chums	Maria Louise Pool
29	Jessica, the Heiress	Evelyn Raymond
30	Jessica Trent	Evelyn Raymond
31	Breakneck Farm	Evelyn Raymond

New Books for 1906:

	Title:	Author:	Year:	Illustrator:
1	Very Naughty Girl	L. T. Meade
6	Chums	Maria Louise Pool
7	Daddy's Girl	L. T. Meade
8	Six Little Princesses	Elizabeth Prentiss
9	Rebel of the School	L. T. Meade
15	Kitty Landon's Girlhood	Jessie Armstrong
18	Deleted in this year
27	Deleted in this year
28-31	Deleted in this year

New Books for 1907-1908:

	Title:	Author:	Year:	Illustrator:
18	Forced Acquaintances	Edith Robinson
24	First Violin	Jessie Fothergill
27	Yellow Violin	Mary A. Denison
28	Wild Kitty	L. T. Meade
29	Honorable Miss	L. T. Meade
30	Girl of the People	L. T. Meade

New Books for 1909:

	Title:	Author:	Year:	Illustrator:
4	Faith Gartney's Girlhood	Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
5	Frances Kane's Fortune	L. T. Meade
11	Gay Charmer	L. T. Meade
18	Palace Beautiful	L. T. Meade
23	Miss Nonentity	L. T. Meade
27	Samantha at Saratoga	Marietta Holley
31	St. Elmo	Augusta J. Evans
32	In His Steps	Charles Sheldon

New Books for 1910:

	Title:	Author:	Year:	Illustrator:
6	Girls of St. Wodes	L. T. Meade
14	Sar' Ann or Pennyroyal and Mint	Sophie Swett
15	Marthy Ellen or Field Clover and Beach Grass	Susan Hartley Swett

Format 1
Cloth. See pictures for the many different cover formats.

Series Notes:
1. 1899 #1-25. 1900 #1-32. 1901 #1-35. 1902 #1-35
2. New numbering was started in 1903.
3. 1911 Delete #8, 12, 17. 20, 21. 1912 Also delete #27. 1913 Also delete #10, 16.
4. Various deletions and numbering changes are shown above.
5. These books all had dust jackets until 1912 when they were boxed.
6. The covers for different years are shown below. There is significant overlap and a number of the covers were seen in more than one year.