# - Jacobs, Helen--[Kingsley, Charles].

"[The Irishwoman] walked beside Tom and talked to him" (p.7) [full-page], 271 by 193mm., signed; "The most beautiful little girl that Tom had ever seen" (p.10) [full-page], 268 by 197mm., signed; Tom chased across the lawn (p.13) 85 by 122mm., unsigned; Tom on the top of the moor (p.14) [half-page], 160 by 193mm., signed; "Tom peeped in at the open door [of The Old Dame's School]..." (p.17) [full-page], 270 by 193mm., signed; Mrs. Be-done-by-as-you did (p.32) 163 by 89mm., unsigned; Tom stealing sweets (p.36) 155 by 81mm., unsigned; "[Mother Carey] sat quite still looking into the sea" (p.43) [full-page], 272 by 197mm., signed; Tom and Mr Grimes (p.45) [half-page], 160 by 192mm., signed; Tom and Ellie (p.47) [half-page], 158 by 194mm., signed; together with five vignettes, all pen and ink illustrations, some occasional browning and pin-holes--[Jacobs, Helen after]. Upper cover illustration showing Tom swimming after two fish, 285 by 190mm., watercolour drawing, some ink spots; Lower cover illustration showing Ellie, 285 by 190mm., watercolour drawing, some soiling (17)

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Helen Jacobs (1888-1970) studied art at West Ham Municipal College. Her published work includes illustrations in both pen and ink, and also watercolour for both books and periodicals. She exhibited at the Royal Academy and The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour. Towards the end of her career she provided illustrations for an extensive number of educational book titles, as represented here in the books retold and edited by Constance M. Martin in "The Riverside Series" and "The Golden Readers" series.

Constance M. Martin's retold and edited version of Charles Kingsley's The Water-Babies was the second volume in the "Riverside" series published by Philip and Tacey in the mid 1930s. The original edition was published with wrappers printed in black and red. The coloured drawings were presumably used for later editions. Martins Press appear to have taken over the series in the 1940s.