Everychild. A Story Which the Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1921. Blanche Fisher LAITE. First Edition. Boards. First edition. 8vo; ix [iii], 284pp; color pictorial in cream, orange and black over olive cloth over board; deckle fore-edge; color patterned endpapers, blocks with children’s portraits; ownership in pencil dated 1923 to ffep; duotone frontispiece on glazed paper with tissue guard; vignette of a child and kite to title page; 5 duotone illustrated plates; Brentano’s Booksellers & Stationers Washington, D.C. ticket to rear pastedown; pp209/210 & 211/212 have bottom corner missing, not affecting text, small tears on deckle edge to Table of Contents; very good minus. Very good. Item #1137
Louis Dodge was an American author from Iowa, mostly known for his children’s books. Written for children, this story explores the emotions evoked in childhood classic fairy tales including the stories of Aladdin of the Wonderful Lamp, Hansel and Grettel (sic), and Cinderella. Dodge sets forth his premise by dividing the book into five parts: 1)Everychild encounters the giant Fear and sets forth on a strange journey. 2)Everychild pities the sorrow of Cinderella and rejoices in her release from bondage; he encounters a dog that looks upon him with favor. 3)Everychild views with amazement a famous dwelling-place, and is grieved by the plight of an unfortunate prince. 4)Everychild’s feet are drawn to the spot where the sleeping beauty in the wood lies. Time passes. 5)On his wanders Everychild bethinks him of his parents, and discovers that though he has seemed to lose them, he has not really done so.
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