Christmas Carols, illustrated by Gilbert James is a collection of twelve Christmas Carols with four full color illustrations, published in 1906 simultaneously in London and New York. The most popular among these songs is Good King Wenceslas.

The Colorful Bird is a calendar book illustrated by Emil Rudolf Weiss (1875-1942) and Felix Edouard Vallotton (1865-1925), two masters of black-and-white graphics. It's an almanac, offering dates, saints' names, moon phases, proverbs, etc. In short, everything might be of interest for the reader.…