The Dumpy Books for Children were a series of small-format

book A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many pages (made of papyrus, parchment, vellum, or paper) bound together and protected by a cover. The technical term for this phys ...

s selected by

E. V. Lucas Edward Verrall Lucas, CH (11/12 June 1868 – 26 June 1938) was an English humorist, essayist, playwright, biographer, publisher, poet, novelist, short story writer and editor. Born to a Quaker family in Eltham, on the fringes of London, Lucas ...

and published by British publisher

Grant Richards Grant Richards may refer to: * Grant Richards (publisher) (1872–1948), British publisher and writer *Grant Richards (publishing house), founded in 1897 by the publisher *Grant Richards (actor) (1911–1963), American actor See also *Richard Gran ...

between 1897 and 1904. Subsequent books were published by

Chatto & Windus Chatto & Windus is an imprint of Penguin Random House that was formerly an independent book publishing company founded in London in 1855 by John Camden Hotten. Following Hotten's death, the firm would reorganize under the names of his busines ...

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