McLoughlin Brothers, ca. 1900
No author or illustrator listed, though the illustrations
are signed FEN
This is a shaped cardboard book (front and back represent a little girl doll) with alternating line and color illustrations, one "country" to a page, and little verses to go with the illustrations. The topics include: Holland; England: Scots; Swinging; Pram ride; Russian; Italian; Japanese. The Japanese doll is illustrated on the inside front and back covers, with the rest of the dolls, as well as on a color page showing a little Japanese girl with her doll.
Inside front cover: a Japanese boy doll piloting an airplane using shafts like those of a jinrikisha. Dutch, Scottish, Italian (?), and English dolls are perched on the wings.
Dolls of Many LandsThe Japanese doll: picture of a little girl in kimono holding a parasol and a rather stiff-looking Japanese boy doll (though the verse refers to "she").We have come to America to play with girls and boys,
We have come to America to see the games and toys.
We're dollies from across the sea, we'll play awhile with you.
We'll stay and play with you always, if you would like us to.
My Jappy loves the sun,Inside back cover: The dolls' owner prepares a picnic for nine dolls, among whom the dolls on the inside front cover are recognizable. The Japanese doll is seated and seen from the back.
My Jappy loves the flowers.
She loves to have me walk and walk
For hours and hours and hours.
She loves to see the stars,
She loves to see the moon,
And so we walk until it's dark
And hear the froggies croon.
