Alice thro’ the looking-glass, and other fairy plays for children

London: W. Swan Sonnenschein & Co, 1880. With 4 full-page plates and numerous pages of music. Publisher’s gilt- and black-illustrated cover. A fine copy. First edition. Following the success of her publication of children’s plays which included Alice in Wonderland, the author adapts Lewis Carroll’s next classic, Through the looking-glass, as well as three other works, Dame Holle, or servantgalism in fairy land, The princess and the white wolf, and King Thrushbill and Princess Disdain. These popular children’s stories are intended to be acted out by children, and includes music for all pieces. $ 100.00

Freiligrath-Kroeker (1845-1904) was the daughter of German poet and translator of English ballads Ferdinand Freiligrath. She followed in her father’s footsteps, becoming a writer and translating poetry and children’s stories from German into English. Her other works include A Century of German lyrics; A Domestic syndicate; as well as translations of New fairy tales of Brentano; Gottfried Keller: A selection of his tales; and Poems selected from Heinrich Heine. She served as editor for the translation of her father’s best-known poetry into English.