Books with author Ellen E. Houghton

Abroad is a beautifully illustrated set of adventure poems by various writers. The characters travel from London to France across the countryside, sparking the imagination wherever they go. Ideal for children, each poem is accompanied by a delightful colour illustration by Thomas Crane and Ellen E. Houghton. Travel with Mable, Rose, Nellie and Dennis from London to Paris and Normandy as they go on holiday with ther father and their nanny. Using both prose and poetry, they describe their adventures and observations. Pages are full of beautiful illustrations that reveal the fashion, customs and architecture of the times, circa 1882. Thomas Crane (1843–1903) was an English illustrator and art director at Marcus Ward & Co. known for his colourful children's books and decorative greeting cards which often incorporated floral motifs. Crane was the eldest son of Thomas Crane (1808–1859), a painter and miniaturist known for his portraits of celebrated figures, and Marie Crane (née Kearsley), the daughter of a prosperous malt-maker. His father’s craft and skill influenced the younger Crane, as well as his younger brother Walter Crane, later to become one of the most influential children's illustrators of his generation.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

MY READERS, would you like to go abroad, for just an hour or so, With little friends of different ages? Look at them in these pictured pages Brothers and sisters you can see, all children of one family. Their father, too, you here will find, and good Miss Earle, their teacher kind. Three years ago their Mother died, and ever since has Father tried To give his children in the Spring some tour, or treat, or pleasant thing. Said he, last Easter, "I propose, for Nellie, Dennis, Mabel, Rose, A trip abroad to go with me to Paris and through Normandy." Then all exclaimed, "Oh! glorious!" "But may not Bertie go with us?" Said Rose "We can't leave him at home." Then Father said he too should come. Turn to the Frontispiece and see the children packing busily. The next page shows them in the station at Charing Cross. Their great elation Is written plainly on their faces. Bell rings "Time's up Come, take your places."

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.