author
Reginald Parnell
Best known today for the children's book Baby Jane's Mission, this little-documented early 20th-century writer also illustrated the work personally. The surviving record is sparse, which gives the book an old-library, rediscovered quality.
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Baby Jane's Mission
by Reginald Parnell
About the author
Very little biographical information about this author is easy to confirm from reliable online sources. Project Gutenberg lists just one work under the name Reginald Parnell: Baby Jane's Mission.
The Project Gutenberg text shows that Baby Jane's Mission was published in 1902 by Grant Richards in London, and that it was "illustrated by the author." That suggests Parnell was not only a writer for children, but also contributed visually to the book's storytelling.
Because so few dependable details are available online, it is safest to treat Reginald Parnell as a largely obscure author now remembered mainly through this surviving title. For listeners and readers, that can be part of the appeal: a glimpse of children's publishing from the early 1900s, preserved through a single charming book.