Physical description

Hard cover book. Quicksilver
Author: Isabel Maude Peacocke
Illustrator. Harold Copping
Publisher: Ward, Lock & Co
Date: 1922-1925
Further Information: Light blue Cloth hardcover with lettering and patterning to spine in black. The spine has a Library label with an inscription.

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

The label on the spine with typed text PAT FIC PEA
Paste down front end paper has a sticker from Warrnambool Children’s Library covered by a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service
Front loose end paper has a stamp from Corangamite Regional Library Service

Summary

Quicksilver (1922) is a children's novel written by New Zealand author Isabel Maude Peacocke and illustrated by the noted English artist Harold Copping. The story revolves around a young boy named Ronnie, who is being pampered and coddled by the women in his family. His uncle, Uncle Jimmy, decides that Ronnie needs to be toughened up and arranges for him to have a companion, a spirited, lively young girl nicknamed 'Quicksilver' (or Quixy). Typical of Peacocke's post-World War I writing, the novel blends juvenile adventure with subtle social commentary on class differences, gender expectations, and child rearing in the early 20th century.