II. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT
Darton, F. J. Harvey, "Children's Books," in Cambridge History of English Literature, Vol. XI, chap. xvi. [Best brief account of development in England. Elaborate bibliography.]
Tassin, Algernon, "Books for Children," in Cambridge History of American Literature, Vol. II, chap. vii. [Best account of American development. Extended bibliography.]
Field, Mrs. E. M., The Child and His Book. The history and progress of children's literature in England. [Stops with 1826.]
Moses, Montrose J., Children's Books and Reading. [Deals with both English and American side. Book-lists and bibliographies.]
Ashton, John, Chapbooks of the Eighteenth Century.
Halsey, Rosalie V., [Forgotten Books of the American Nursery].
Welsh, Charles, A Bookseller of the Last Century. [John Newbery.]
"Godfrey, Elizabeth," English Children in the Olden Time.
Earle, Florence Morse, Child Life in Colonial Days.