Joseph Jacobs

Title: The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. ... With illustrations by T. H. Robinson and a preface by Joseph Jacobs]. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The GENERAL HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology, culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and social order. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Thackeray, William; Jacobs, Joseph; 1896. xxxv. 513 p.; 8 . 012621.l.2.

Over a century ago, Joseph Jacobs began collecting the first set of English fairy tales, in response to a then popular feeling that there were no English fairy tales. English Folk and Fairy Tales, the first in a series of 6 books by Joseph Jacobs, w

Over a century ago, Joseph Jacobs began collecting the first set of English fairy tales, in response to a then popular feeling that there were no English fairy tales. English Folk and Fairy Tales, the first in a series of 6 books by Joseph Jacobs, w

For untold generations in countless Irish cottages, in front of peat-fueled fires, some of the gayest, most fanciful, and most sparkling folk tales that ever caused young eyes to grow brighter and young hearts to beat faster were told. Fathers and mothers