Langstaff, John Brett
David Copperfield's Library; with Prologue by Sir Owen Seaman and Epilogue by Alfred Noyes, by John Brett Langstaff... Illustrated by Raven Hill, Frank Reynolds, H.M. Bateman, Arthur Norris, and Hanslip Fletcher
London, G. Allen & Unwin , 1924. Hardcover. 157 p. front. illus. plates 19 cm. Very good condition Signed by the author for the dedicatee Mr. Langstaff is president of the Children's Libraries Movement in England, and in this book he tells how a library for children was established in a London house which was occupied by Charles Dickens in that period of his youth which corresponds to David Copperfield's boyhood. Many persons interested in children's reading, and many admirers of Dickens had a hand in the work. The book itself contains literary contributions by Sir Owen Seaman and Alfred Noyes; drawings by Raven Hill, Frank Reynolds, H. M. Bateman, and others. It is interesting to collectors of Dickensiana, but still more so to those engaged in library work for children. -THE SAIT'RDAY REVIEW OF LITERATURE, AUGUST 8, 1925 .
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Keywords: David Copperfield's Library, London; Children's Libraries--England--London