John Simpson Rae (4 July 1882 Jersey City – 6 October 1963 Houston) was an American illustrator.
Family
editRae was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, to Walter Rae (1849–1891) and Frances Janes Hicks (maiden; 1850–1936). He married Helen Cortelyou in Jersey City April 18, 1902.
Career
editHe studied under Howard Pyle (1853–1911) at Drexel Institute and later at the Art Students League in New York with Frank Vincent DuMond (1865–1951) and Kenyon Cox (1856–1919). Renowned for his work in children's literature, Rae also illustrated books for major publishers like Harper's and Macmillan. He was a member of the Society of Illustrators and painted portraits of notable figures, including Albert Einstein and Carl Sandburg. Rae taught at Rollins College in Florida from 1935 to 1940 and lived in Caldwell, New Jersey, before moving to North Stonington, Connecticut, in his later years.[1]
Elizabeth Gordon copyrighted bio
editGORDON, Elizabeth (Mrs. George Edwin Canfield) , author. Born February 2, 1865, in Winn, Maine, to William H. and Ellen Lucinda Royal G.; educated in public schools, Maine, and Special Studies at the, University of Minnesota. Married John Priest, July 1, 1881 (died 1885). Re-married September 1, 1891, to George Edwin Canfield.
Began writing as contributor special articles from the West for:
- Portland, Maine: Portland Transcript (1849–1910) LCCN sn84-27259; OCLC 10970100 (all editions)
- Bangor, Maine: Courier, etc.
Editor Children's Tribune, Minneapolis, 1901–1904, also assistant literary critic Cumulative Index. Member of the National League of American Pen Women, Story Tellers' League (Los Angeles and Chicago), Southern’ California Women’s Press Club, Illinois Women’s Press Association, Midland Authors.
Author:
- Flower Children, 1910
- Bird Children, 1912
- Four Footed Folk, 1913
- Book of Bow Wows, 1913
- Mother Harth’s Children, 1914
- Butter Fly Babies, 1914
- Watermelon Pete and Grand Dad Coco-Nut's Party, 1914
- Dolly and Molly Series, 1914
- Loraine and The Little People, 1915
- What: We Saw at Madame World's Fair, 1915
- A Sheaf of Roses, 1916
- I Wonder Why, 1916
- King Gum Drop, 1917
- Loraine and the Little People of Spring, 1918
- Wild Wlower Children, 1918
- Billy Bunny’s Fortune, 1919
- Johnny Mouse’s Trip to the Moon, 1920
- Loraine and the Little People of Summer, 1920
- The Turned Into's, 1920
"Babyland" department Junior Instructor Magazine, 1920-1921. Home: Chicago, Ill. Died April 2, 1922.
Selected work
editAs illustrator
edit- Vielé, Herman Knickerbocker (1856–1908) (1908). Heartbreak Hill: A Comedy Romance. Duffield & Company (publisher). Premier Press (printer). Retrieved August 26, 2024 – via HathiTrust (University of Virginia).
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- Gordon, Elizabeth (1866–1922) (1922). Buddy Jim (17th ed.). Joliet, Illinois, New York, Boston: P. F. Volland Company. Retrieved August 26, 2024 – via Children’s Books Online: The Rosetta Project.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Ellis, Beth (1874–1913) (1906). Barbara Winslow, Rebel. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company – via HathiTrust (Ohio State University).
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- American Indian Fairy Tales. Retold by William Trowbridge Larned [1864–1928], Illustrated by John Rae (29th ed.). New York, Chicago, Toronto: P. F. Volland Company. 1921. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
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: CS1 maint: others (link) ID: 24108 at Project Gutenberg; LCCN 22-5216; OCLC 1700352 (all editions).
- American Indian Fairy Tales. Retold by William Trowbridge Larned [1864–1928], Illustrated by John Rae (33rd ed.). Joliet, Illinois, New York, Boston: P. F. Volland Company. 1921. Retrieved August 26, 2024 – via Internet Archive (Trent University).
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- Gordon, Elizabeth (1866–1922) (1922). Buddy Jim (23rd ed.). Joliet, Illinois, New York, Boston: P. F. Volland Company – via Internet Archive (UNC Chapel Hill).
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Mills, Weymer Jay (1880–1938) (1906). Ghosts of Their Ancestors. New York: Fox Duffield and Co. (multiple formats at archive.org).
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Gordon, Elizabeth (1866–1922). Buddy Jim. (Gutenberg ebook).
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Gordon, Elizabeth (1866–1922) (1924). Really-So Stories (Chicago et al.:. P. F. Volland Company.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Gates, Josephine Scribner (1859–1930) (1916). The Story of the Mince Pie. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML).
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Robins, Elizabeth (1907). Under the Southern Cross. New York: F. A. Stokes Co. (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML).
- La Fontaine, Jean de (1621–1695) (July 1918). Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks. Adapted from the French of La Fontaine. Translated by William Trowbridge Larned (1864–1928). Retrieved August 26, 2024.
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- La Fontaine, Jean de (1621–1695) (1950) [1918]. Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks – Adapted from the French of La Fontaine – Combined With 'Reynard the Fox' and Other Fables From France (re-print). Retold by William Trowbridge Larned (1864–1928), Pictured by John Rae. New York: The Wise Book Company. Retrieved August 26, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
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- Mills, Weymer Jay (1880–1938). The Ghosts of Their Ancestors. (Gutenberg ebook).
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Gouverneur Morris (1752–1816). The Pagan's Progress. (Gutenberg ebook).
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- Gordon, Elizabeth (1866–1922) (1924). Really-So Stories. New York, Boston, Toronto: P. F. Volland Company. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
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- Belasco, David (1853–1931) (1912). The Return of Peter Grimm: Novelised From the Play by David Belasco. Grosset & Dunlap. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Mills, Weymer Jay (1880–1938). Through the Gates of Old Romance. (Gutenberg ebook).
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Kingsley, Florence Morse (1859–1937). To the Highest Bidder. (Gutenberg ebook).
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Trent, Paul. The Vow: A Novel. (Gutenberg ebook).
As author and illustrator
edit- New Adventures of "Alice". Chicago: P. F. Volland Company. 1917.
- Barbara Winslow : rebel (Dodd, Mead & Company, 1906), also by Elizabeth Ellis and Mead & Company Dodd.
- The Countess Diane (Dodd, Mead & Company, 1908), also by Henry C. Rowland and Mead & Company Dodd.
- Country neighbors : a Long Island pastoral (Duffield & Company, 1912), also by Susan Taber and Duffield & Company.
- Debby Barnes, trader (Macmillan, 1932), also by Constance Lindsay Skinner.
- Down our way (Dodd, Mead and Company, 1911), also by Lilla Hall Smith and Mead & Company Dodd (page images at HathiTrust).
- The epic of Ebenezer : a Christmas story. Dodd, Mead and Company, also by Florence Tinsley Cox and Mead & Company Dodd. 1912.
- Fairy-Tales from France. Chicago: P. F. Volland Company, also by W. T. Larned. 1920.
- Dunbar, Paul Laurence (1872–1906) (October 1906) [1896, 1899, 1903, 1905, 1906]. Joggin' Erlong. Illustrated With Photographs by Leigh Richmond Miner [1864–1935] and Decorations by John Rae. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company. Retrieved August 26, 2024 – via HathiTrust (University of California).
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- Sharts, Jospeh William (1875–1965) (September 1909). The Black Sheep. New York: The Premier Press. Duffield & Company. Toronto: McLeod & Allen. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
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- Mills, Waymer Jay (1880–1938) (1910). The Girl I Left Behind Me. Pictures and Decorations by John Rae. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. Retrieved August 26, 2024 – via HathiTrust (Ohio State University).
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- New Adventures of "Alice". Chicago: P. F. Volland Company. 1917. Retrieved August 26, 2024 – via HathiTrust (Harvard).
- Grasshopper Green and the Meadow-Mice. New York and London: Algonquin Publishing. 1922. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
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- Grasshopper Green and the Meadow-Mice. Joliet, Illinois: P. F. Volland Company. 1922. Retrieved August 26, 2024 – via HathiTrust (Virginia).
- Gordon, Elizabeth (1866–1922); Priest, Jane (1929). More Really-So Stories. P. F. Volland Company. Retrieved August 26, 2024 – via HathiTrust (Michigan).
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- Masterman Ready (Harper and Brothers, 1928), also by Frederick Marryat.
- Mother. Dodd, Mead & Company, also by Owen Wister and Mead & Company Dodd. 1907.
- Mother. Dodd, Mead and Company, also by Jules Eckert Goodman and Mead & Company Dodd. 1911.
- Through the gates of old romance. J.B. Lippincott Company, also by Weymer Jay Mills. 1903.
- Prayers for little men and women. Harper & Brothers, 1912), also by John Martin. 1912.
- The scholar's daughter (Dodd, Mead & company, 1906), also by Beatrice Harraden, Charlotte Weber-Ditzler, and Mead & Company Dodd.
- To the highest bidder (Dodd, Mead and Company, 1911), also by Florence Morse Kingsley and Mead & Company Dodd.
See also
editBibliography
editAnnotations
editNotes
editReferences
edit- Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe (1793–1864) (1839). Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians (2 Vols.). First Series: "Indian Tales and Legends". New York: Harper & Brothers.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) Retrieved August 26, 2024. LCCN 05-4579; OCLC 863460 (all editions).
- Vol. 1 – via Internet Archive (UC Berkeley).
- Vol. 2 – via Internet Archive (UC Berkeley).
- "John Rae, Artist and Author, Dies – Children's Book Illustrator – Also Was Portraitist". The New York Times (obituary). Vol. 113, no. 38618 (Late City ed.). October 18, 1963. p. 28 (column 3 of 8). Retrieved August 26, 2024.
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