Prepared by Ann Montanaro
January 13, 2003

Table of Contents

Once upon a Time . . . , 5
How it all Began . . . The Harlequinade, 10
The Unique Click Tablets, 12
The Temple of Fancy Paper Doll Books, 14
Toilet Books: The Idea From a Dressing-Table, 16
Infinite Varieties of "The Paignion," 18
Dean and Sons: Originators of Movable Books, 20
The Life-Like Peep-Show, 22
The Wonders of the Panorama, 24
Dressing Up "Beauty and the Beast," 27
"Cinderella:" The First True Movable, 30
Living Nursery Rhymes, 32
Father Tuck's Mechanical Fun, 36
The Famous "Dirty Boy" Book, 38
Three Dimensional Magic, 40
Shilling Coloured Sixpence Plain, 42
Ernest Nister's Changing Pictures, 45
The American Connection, 55
Perspectives of Wildlife, 61
The Genius of Lothar Meggendorfer, 65
The Secret World of Fairies, 74
The Book of Revelations, 79
The Shapes of Things to Come, 84
Fairy Tale "Dressing Dolls," 86
Dissolving Moments, 91
The House as a Book, 98
Vistas of a Zoo, 103
Illusion and Trickery, 110
Scenes from Wonderland, 111
The Beatrix Potter Saga, 119
A Famous French Movable, 127
More Animal Magic, 129
The Book That Speaks, 136
The Pop-up Book, 138
Bibliography, 141

Index

Act of Uniformity, 6
Actes and Monuments (1563), 6
Aesop's Fables, illustration, 5
Aladdin, 31
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865), 111
Always Jolly! A Movable Toybook (ca. 1890) (illustration), 65-73
"The Angler," 68-70
Astronomicum Caesareum (1540), 9
Astronomique Discours (1557), 9

Bailey, Thomas, 21
Bassantin, Jacques, 9
Beauty and the Beast (illustration), 27-29
Bennett, E.C. [publisher], 27
Bennett's New Drawing Room Dress Books (illustration), 27
Bewick, John (illustration), 9
Bilder-Zauberei [in Haining as Bilder-Dauberei] (ca. 1880) (illustration), 110
Bingham, Clifford (1859-1913), 38, 91
Blondin, 32
Blow Book, 110
Blue Beard, 7
The Book of Martyrs, 6
A Book for Boys and Girls (1686), 7
Bookano, 138
Bookano Stories with Pictures that Stand up in Model Form (illustration), 138-140
"Books that Come to Life" (1975), 9
Bunyan, John, 6, 7, 10,
Burnside, H. M., 111

Carroll, Lewis, 111
Cassell's Magazine, 61
Castel Brothers, 84
Caxton, William, 5
Cervantes, Miguel de, 22
Chamber's Journal, 61
Chapbook, 6, 7
Chatto & Windus, 138
Children's Books in England (1932), 7
Choice Scraps, Historical and Biographical...(illustration), 8
Cinderella (illustration), 30-3, 86
Click tablets, 12
Cobwebs to Catch Flies (1974), 6
Coelestium Corporum (1603), 9
The Collector's Book of Children's Books (1971), 6
Come and Go: A Book of Changing Pictures (1890) (illustration), 44 - 53
Comenius, Johannes Amos (1592-1671), 6
Coventry, Francis, 12
Cowper, William (1731-1800), 24
Cowper's Diverting History of John Gilpin (1850) (illustration), 24-26
Cruikshank, George, 9, 25
Cruikshank, Percy, 25
Curious Creatures: A New Movable Toybook of all Kinds of Animals (ca. 1890) (illustration), 129-135

Dambuyant & Guignard, 127
Dame Wonder's Transformations (ca. 1840) (illustration), 20-21
Darton, F. J. Harvey, 7, 8, 27
A Day in the Country (illustration), 84-85
Dean & Bailey, 21
Dean & Munday, 21
Dean and Son, 20, 21, 22, 30, 32, 36, 45, 84, 138
Dean, George, 21
Dean, Thomas, 20
Dean's New Scenic Books, 9, 30, 31
Dean's New Surprise Picture Books (illustration), 32-35
Defoe, Daniel, 8
Diamonds & Toads, 7
Dick Wittington, 6
Dissolving Picture Books, 45, 111
Diverting History of John Gilpin (illustration), 24-26
Dolly's Library (ca. 1890) (illustration), 84
Dolly's Mansion (illustration), 98-102
Drawing Room Dress Books, 27
Dress book, 32
Dutton, E.P. [publisher], 55, 61
Dutton, Edward, 55
Dutton, Ide, 55

E. C. Bennett see Bennett
E.P. Dutton see Dutton
Edgar, Robert, 21
Edgeworth, Maria, 9
Educational Tablets, 12
Ellen, or the Naughty Girl Reclaimed (1811), 15
English Children's Books 1600 to 1900 (1954), 5, 22

Ernest Nister [publisher], 9, 38, 45, 46, 55, 61, 74, 79, 84, 91, 111
"Ever Welcome Series," 98
Excursions and Adventures of Don Quixote (ca. 1850), (illustration), 22-23

F. A. O. Schwarz, 136
F. C. Westley see Westley
Fairy Tale Series of Dressing Dolls (illustration), 86, 90
Father Tuck, 36, 37
Father Tuck's "Mechanical Series" (illustration), 39
Fenn, George Manville (1831-1909), 61
Fenn, Lady, 9
Feyerabend, Sigmund (1528-1590), 6
Flicker book, 110
Floyd, Grace C., 37
Fly Away Pictures: A Book of Revolving Scenes (ca.1890) (illustration), 55-59
"The Forgotten Latchkey," 71-73
Foxe, John, 6
Frank Feignwell's Attempts to Amuse his Friends on Twelfth Night, 15
Fuller, S. & J. [publisher], 14, 22, 24, 86
Fuller's Paper Doll Books, 14, 15, 18
Fun for Little Folks (1890) (illustration), 36-37

Gallucci, 9
"Gar" (illustration), 112
Giraud, S. Louis, 139
Girdlestone, Samuel Rainbow, 14
God's Providence (illustration), 7
Going to Epsom Races, 24
Goldilocks and the Bears, 79
Goldsmith, Oliver, 8
Grevel. H. Grevel & Co. [publisher], 65, 136
Grimaldi, Stacy (1790-1863), 16
Grimaldi, William (1751-1830), 16
Gulliver's Travels (1726), 8

H. Grevel see Grevel
Harlequinade, 9, 10-11, 79
Hardy, Florence, 91
Harlequine's Trip to Naples, 10
Henty, G. A., 61
Histoires ou Contes du Temps Passé (1697) (illustration) 7, 31
The History and Adventures of Little Henry (1810), 15
The History of Little Fanny (1811) (illustration), 14-15, 86
The History of Pompey the Little; or, The Life and Adventures of a Lap-Dog (1751) (illustration), 12-13
The History of Valentine and Orson [chapbook] (illustration), 6-7
Hop-o'-My-Thumb, 7
Hornbook, 12
Hoyer, M. A., 74

Illuminated transparencies, 32
In and Out: A Book of Transformation Pictures, 38
In and Out and Round About (1895) (illustration), 91-97
"In Fairyland Panorama" (illustration), 86-87
Indispensable Requisites for Dandies of both Sexes (ca. 1823), 16
Internationaler Zirkus (ca. 1888), 65

Jack the Giant Killer, 6
Janeway, James, 7
Jarrold & Sons [publisher], 98

Kaleidoscopic effect (illustration), 111-116
Kilner, Dorothy, 9
The Kittens Who Lost Their Mittens (ca. 1865), 25
Kunst und Lehrbüchlein (1578) (illustration), 6

Leotard, 32
Leprince de Beaumont, Madame Jeanne-Marie (1711-1780), 27
The Life of Robinson Crusoe (illustration), 8
Little Folks Living Nursery Rhymes in Moving Pictures (ca. 1860) (illustration), 32-35
Little Goody Two-Shoes (1765), 8
Little Jack Horner, 6
Little Mrs. Gamp (illustration), 84-85
Little Red Riding Hood, 31, 86
Louis XIV, 7
Lowe, Constance M., 79
Luxus Papier Fabrik, 110

Magic Moments, 91
Maison de Poupée (ca. 1900) (illustration), 124-128, 142
Maurin et Fils, 31
"Mechanical Series," 37, 38
Meggendorfer, Lothar (1847-1925), 9, 65, 103, 112, 129
Metamorphoses, 10
Milne, A. A., 138
Miss Rose, 20, 21
More, Hannah, 9
Moveable Old Mother Hubbard, 32
Muir, Percy, 5, 9, 22, 32
Munday, 21
Mure, Eleanor, 79
My Lady's Casket (1835), 16

"The Naturalist," 66-67
Nesbit, E., 74
New Books of Dissolving Views (ca. 1860), 32
New Moveable Figure Books (ca. 1862), 32
New Scenic Books, 30, 31
Newbery, John (1713-1767), 8
Nister, Ernest,

Old Friends in New Dresses (illustration), 84-85
Opie, Iona, 9
Opie, Peter, 9
Orbis Sensualium Pictus (1658) (illustration), 6
Osborne, Dr. Edgar, 55
Our Friends at the Zoo (ca. 1890) (illustration), 42-43, 103

The Paignion (illustration), 18-19, 86
Panorama, 9, 24, 61, 103, 119
Paper Doll Books, 14, 18, 86
Peep-show, 22, 32
Peeps Into Fairyland (ca. 1895) (illustration), 74-78
Perrault, Charles (1628-1703), 7, 31
Philips, Briar, title page, 9
Philips, David, title page, 9
Philips, David (photograph), 137
Pilgrim's Progress (1678), 6, 10,
Polly's Pets (illustration), 84-85
Pop-up Book, 138
Potter, Beatrix (1866-1943), 119
Progress of Human Life, 24
Puss in Boots, 7, 86

Quayle, Eric, 6, 8, 65, 74
Queen Elizabeth II, 32
Queen Victoria, 36, 86, 98

Rackstraw, J, 10,
Raphael Tuck & Sons see Tuck
Red Riding Hood, 7
Reed & Co., 25
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, 16
Riquet with the Tuft, 7
Robinson Crusoe (1719) (illustration), 8

S. & J. Fuller see Fuller
Sayer, Robert, 9, 10,
Scenic Books. See: Dean's New Scenic Books
Schreiber, J.F. [publisher], 65, 103
Severne, F. Gray, 55
Shaped books, 84
Shepard, E. H., 138
Sleeping Beauty, 7, 86
Slot book, 18
Slovenly Peter (ca. 1890) (illustration), 38-39
Southey, Robert, 79
The Speaking Picture Book (ca. 1893) (illustration), 136-137
The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit, 119
The Story of Miss Moppet (1906) (illustration), 119-123
Strand Publications, 138
A Suit of Armour for Youth (1824) (illustration), 16-17
Summer Surprises (1896) (illustration), 40-41
Surprising Pictures, 91
Swift, Jonathan, 8

Taylor, Anne, 9
Taylor, Jane, 9
Telescopic view, 22
The Temple of Fancy, 14, 22, 86
The Three Bears (illustration), 84-85
Through the Looking Glass (1872), 111
The Toilet (illustration), 16-17
Toilet book, 16, 79
A Token for Children (ca. 1671), 7
Tom Thumb, 6
Toronto Public Library, 55
Toy Books, 21, 22, 65, 86, 119
Transformation, 30
Trick Book, 110
Trimmer, Sarah, 9
Troward, Amelia, 14
Tuck, Adolph, 37
Tuck, Gustav, 37
Tuck, Herman, 37
Tuck, Raphael (1821-1900), also Raphael Tuck & Sons [publisher], 36-37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 55, 84, 86, 103, 138
Turn-up Book, 10

Uncle Buncle, 21
Uncle Buncle's Account of Tea in China (ca. 1845), 21
Uncle Buncle's True and Instructive Stories (ca. 1841), 21

Villeneuve, Gabrielle?Suzanne Barbot Gallon, dame de, (ca. 1695?1755), 27

Walking, Running and Flying Stationers, 6
Warne, Frederick, 119
Weatherly, Frederic Edward (1848-1929), 45, 74
Wells, Mrs. J. M., 32
Westley, F.C. [publisher], 18, 86
Whalley, Joyce Irene, 6
What a Surprise: A Mechanical Book for Children (illustration), 79-83
Wiegand, W. J., 84
Wild Animal Stories: A Novel Panorama Picture Book (ca. 1890) (illustration), 60-64
Winnie-the-Pooh and Eyeore's Tail (1953), 138
Winnie-the-Pooh and the Bees (1953), 138
The Witches or Harlequin's Trip to Naples (1772) (illustration), 10-11
With Father Tuck in Fairyland (ca. 1904) (illustration), 86-89
Wonderland Pictures (ca. 1890) (illustration), 111-117
Wood, Samuel, 10

Youth's Monitor (1664), 7

Im Zoologischen Garten (ca. 1890) (illustration), 103-109