Excelsior Edition of Standard Juvenile Literature

Published by American News Company
1. Children of the Abbey by Regina Maria Roche
2. Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
3. Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter
4. Thaddeus of Warsaw by Jane Porter
5. Treasures from Fairy Land by Raymond Rossiter/ Grace Greenwood
6. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
7. Arabian Nights by Anonymous
8. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
9. Swiss Family Robinson by Anonymous
10. Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
11. Don Quixote by Cervantes
12. Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith
13. Grimm's Fairy Tales by Mrs. H. B. Paull
14. Andersen's Fairy Tales by Mrs. H. B. Paull
15. Aesop's Fables by Anonymous

This set was published by American News Company.
Initially this series only included volumes #6-11 (1878). Later #1-5 were added. Format 1 included the first eleven titles. #12-15 were added late in 1880.

Format 1 (Begun in 1878) Volumes #1-11
Cloth. Various colors. Gilt spine and cover letter boxes with a black line drawn pattern.


Cloth. Various colors. Gilt cover/spine letterbox with black stamping.
8 vo. (7.56" x 5"). This format was started in about 1880.
Volumes #1-15