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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 278667, member: 33"]I found that the McLoughlin Bros. version was issued in a variety of covers and probably reprinted through the years. So it's hard to find out very much about it. Based on information in the link that Debora provided, I think it might have been published before 1920, even though it was given to the little girl in 1932. </p><p><br /></p><p>I've heard of McLoughlin Brothers before and know that the illustrations in their books were the biggest draw. One of the artists whose illustrations they used, P. Grot Johann, apparently died in 1892: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp_Grot_Johann" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp_Grot_Johann" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp_Grot_Johann</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The other artist, R. Andre, apparently was actually named William Roger Snow, and he died in 1907. Here is an interesting blog post from Yale's library about him: <a href="http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/about/blogs/research-files/2015/09/08/andr%C3%A9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/about/blogs/research-files/2015/09/08/andr%C3%A9" rel="nofollow">http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/about/blogs/research-files/2015/09/08/andré</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It's possible that McLoughlin used earlier illustrations by Johann, since according to this, his illustrations were in early editions:</p><p><a href="https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine_books_blog/2012/12/200th-anniversary-of-grimms-fairy-tales.phtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine_books_blog/2012/12/200th-anniversary-of-grimms-fairy-tales.phtml" rel="nofollow">https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine_books_blog/2012/12/200th-anniversary-of-grimms-fairy-tales.phtml</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 278667, member: 33"]I found that the McLoughlin Bros. version was issued in a variety of covers and probably reprinted through the years. So it's hard to find out very much about it. Based on information in the link that Debora provided, I think it might have been published before 1920, even though it was given to the little girl in 1932. I've heard of McLoughlin Brothers before and know that the illustrations in their books were the biggest draw. One of the artists whose illustrations they used, P. Grot Johann, apparently died in 1892: [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp_Grot_Johann[/URL] The other artist, R. Andre, apparently was actually named William Roger Snow, and he died in 1907. Here is an interesting blog post from Yale's library about him: [URL]http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/about/blogs/research-files/2015/09/08/andr%C3%A9[/URL] It's possible that McLoughlin used earlier illustrations by Johann, since according to this, his illustrations were in early editions: [URL]https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine_books_blog/2012/12/200th-anniversary-of-grimms-fairy-tales.phtml[/URL][/QUOTE]
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