The National Review Treasury of Classic Children's Literature

by William F. Buckley Jr. (Editor/Contributor), Palmer Cox (Contributor), Louisa May Alcott (Contributor)

The book collects stories such writers as Mark Twain, Lewis Carroll and Louisa May Alcott.

523 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2003

About the author

William Frank Buckley, Jr. was an American author and conservative commentator. He founded the political magazine National Review in 1955, hosted 1,429 episodes of the television show Firing Line from 1966 until 1999, and was a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist. His writing style was famed for its erudition, wit, and use of uncommon words.

Buckley was "arguably the most important public intellectual in the United States in the past half century," according to George H. Nash, a historian of the modern American conservative movement. "For an entire generation he was the preeminent voice of American conservatism and its first great ecumenical figure." Buckley's primary intellectual achievement was to fuse traditional American political conservatism with economic libertarianism and anti-communism, laying the groundwork for the modern American conservatism of US Presidential candidate Barry Goldwater and US President Ronald Reagan.

Buckley came on the public scene with his critical book God and Man at Yale (1951); among over fifty further books on writing, speaking, history, politics and sailing, were a series of novels featuring CIA agent Blackford Oakes. Buckley referred to himself "on and off" as either libertarian or conservative. He resided in New York City and Stamford, Connecticut, and often signed his name as "WFB." He was a practicing Catholic, regularly attending the traditional Latin Mass in Connecticut.

Reviews

[Lora · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent stuff which I have only begun to dip into. I had never encountered these before, though I had heard of the old magazine they were pulled from. This is a great mix for all ages and tastes- magical fantasy, light hearted poetry, medieval adventure, and more. I will be revisiting this for months to come.
I'm grateful so many people had the forethought to preserve stuff like this, because it is needed more than ever now.

[Ali · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good by way of volume of stories and historic nature of these stories, but be aware that they are carefully curated to be relatively conservative in nature and are occasionally slow moving for the really young.

[Maryjane Nordgren · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dated stories from long ago which tickle my interest in the environment in which children grew up. Many are beautiful illustrated.

[Carrie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Matt got me this collection for Christmas and I L-O-V-E it. I take it on road trips and I read these wonderful short stories until my throat hurts.

[Jonathan]

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