Aunt Jane's Nieces - The Series

The Series

The rest of the novels in the series feature travel, adventures, accidents, a kidnapping and rescue, romances, and a marriage for Louise. The final novel, Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross, was originally published in 1915, when the United States was still neutral in World War I; the nieces treat the wounded of both sides, and express the hope that the War will soon be over. The publisher issued a revised edition in 1918, with a darker treatment of the subject.

• Aunt Jane's Nieces, 1906 (2005)
• Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad, 1907 (2007)
• Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville, 1908 (2005)
• Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work, 1909 (2005)
• Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society, 1910 (2005)
• Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John, 1911 (2005)
• Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation, 1912 (2005)
• Aunt Jane's Nieces on the Ranch, 1913
• Aunt Jane's Nieces Out West, 1914 (2005)
• Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross, 1915/1918 (2006)

In the original editions, each book had a cover illustration and a frontispiece. The first eight volumes in the series were illustrated by Emile A. Nelson, and the ninth by James McCracken. The tenth was illustrated by Norman P. Hall, who had contributed one picture to Baum's 1901 collection American Fairy Tales.

(The Edith Van Dyne pseudonym was also used for other Baum works, the two Flying Girl books of 1911–12, and his Mary Louise stories of 1916–20.)