Many beautiful children's picture books were produced in the nineteenth century, often by anonymous authors and artists. Here we've put together a new collectio

An “evocative and entertaining” biography of the nineteenth century circus performer who became a global phenomenon (Neil Harris, author of Humbug). When P.

For anyone who loves the historical novels of Sara Gruen, Geraldine Brooks, and E. L. Doctorow, a barnstorming tale of an irrepressible, brawling, bawdy era and

The Metrical History of Tom Thumb the Little - As Issued Early in the Eighteenth Century, in Three Parts is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original e

After many adventures, a tiny boy, no bigger than his father's thumb, earns a place as the smallest Knight of the Round Table.