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  • 2013
    Journal article

    Paris National and International Exhibitions from 1798 to 1900: A Finding-List of British Library Holdings

    The series of exhibitions which were held in Paris from the end of the eighteenth century and throughout the nineteenth gave rise to a rich collection of publications, often illustrated, ranging from maps and guide books to catalogues, official reports and volumes of reflections. This article gives a brief history...
    Daniels, Morna
  • 2006
    Journal article

    Little Red Riding-Hood

    The history of the tale of Little Red Riding-Hood from Charles Perrault's manuscript of 1695, via illustrated editions of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, to the present day.
    Daniels, Morna
  • 1998
    Journal article

    French newspapers and ephemera from the 1848 revolution

    THE British Library has exceptionally fine holdings relating to the French Revolution of 1789. The three collections purchased from or on the recommendation of John Wilson Croker comprise 48,579 pieces and have been briefly listed with some indication of subject, but not all have been catalogued. The 'R' set, the...
    Daniels, Morna
  • 2005
    Journal article

    Caricatures from the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and the Paris Commune

    This article identifies and illustrates some little-known collections of caricatures on the subject of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and the Paris Commune of 1871.
    Daniels, Morna
  • 2002
    Journal article

    The Tale of Charles Perrault and Puss in Boots

    The publication in 1697 of Charles Perrault's Histoires ou contes du temps passe, better known by their subtitle of Contes de ma mere L'Oye, was to prove a seminal event in the history of children's literature. Often assumed subsequently to be folk tales, these stories were, in fact, the product...
    Daniels, Morna
  • 1991
    Journal article

    A catalogue of Sir Robert Cotton's printed books?

    THE inventory of the goods and chattels of Sir Robert Cotton taken on 20 May 1631, two weeks after his death, records that the upper study at Cotton House, Westminster, was furnished, inter alia, with 'i iron prese & ix presses with printed bookes'. This brief reference draws attention to...
    Daniels, Morna
  • 1991
    Journal article

    A memento of Napoleon

    ON 5 May 1821 Napoleon died in exile on his island prison of St Helena. Amongst those Englishmen particularly affected by the news was John Cam Hobhouse, the eldest son of Sir Benjamin Hobhouse. His mother was a dissenter, and Hobhouse himself had attended a school run by a Unitarian...
    Daniels, Morna