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Peter Newell

Illustrator

(1862 - 1924)

Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell was an American artist and writer. He created picture books and illustrated new editions of many children’s books.



Bibliography

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1901)

Alice finds her way to Wonderland down a rabbit hole and meets many queer characters there. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Fables for the Frivolous (1898)

These humorous verse renderings of the familiar Aesop fables are ideal for memorization. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Guy Wetmore Carryl
Illustrator(s): Peter Newell

Far From the Maddening Girls (1904)

A single young man possessed of a good fortune determines to remain single, until a young woman enters his life and he sees the error of his ways. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Guy Wetmore Carryl
Illustrator(s): Peter Newell

Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World (1897)

A steamship journey from Vancouver to Cape Town with intermediate stops in Australia, India, The Fijis, New Zealand, Mauritius and Ceylon. Read online at archive.org.

How to Tell a Story and Other Essays (1900)

This is Volume XXII of the Works. It includes sixteen essays, one of which is a biographical sketch by the author’s nephew. Read online at archive.org.

Mother Goose for Grown-Ups (1900)

Guy Wetmore Carryl’s gift for comic verse shines in these reworkings of familiar Mother Goose rhymes. Read online at archive.org.

Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There (1902)

Alice returns to Wonderland by way of the looking glass over the mantle and meets many queer people, including the Walrus and the Carpenter. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s): Peter Newell

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