The Story of Don Quixote and his squire Sancho Panza; by M. Jones, author of “The Black Prince” and “Historical Tales”. London: George Routledge and sons, 1875. Classmark: Waddleton.d.9.2149

In the late 19^th century juvenile literature was functional to shaping children’s attitudes by transmitting society’s good values. Thus, different genres were aimed separately at boys or girls. Social expectations for boys required them to be rulers, breadwinners, active at work and in the public sphere. Emotional life (in the form of novels) was discouraged for them, adventure stories being the only fictional works thought appropriate for them at the time.