The Girl's Own Book

Methods of Illustration

Illustrations were an engaging aspect of nearly all books for young readers: cover
images, frontispieces, occasional decoration, or integral parts of the story. Authors
knew that they kept the reader’s attention, and publishers recognized that they
increased sales. Technologies of print developed rapidly over the century that
began with the 1780s, and every advance was enthusiastically adopted for juvenile
literature, games, and toys.

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