A Critical History of Children's Literature: A Survey of Children's Books in English. Prepared in Four Parts

by Cornelia Lynde Meigs, Anne Thaxter Eaton, Elizabeth Nesbitt, Ruth Hill Viguers

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Cornelia Lynde Meigs	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Eaton, Anne Thaxter	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Nesbitt, Elizabeth	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Viguers, Ruth Hill	—	main author	all editions	confirmed

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A history of children's literature in four volumes, including: Roots In the Past: Up to 1840, by Cornelia Meigs / Widening Horizons 1840-1890, by Anne Thaxter Eaton / A Rightful Heritage 1890-1920, by Elizabeth Nesbitt / Golden Years and Time of Tumult 1920-1967, by Ruth Hill Viguers.

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