Citation: George MacDonald, Gutta Percha Willie: The Working Genius (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1873).


Bulloch (1925):

Gutta Percha Willie: The Working Genius. By George MacDonald. London: Henry S. King & Co., 1873.

12mo, pp. iv + 212 + (8 plates by Arthur Hughes): printed by Ballantyne, Edinburgh.

  • 1872. Serialised with woodcuts by Arthur Hughes under the title of ” The History of Gutta Percha Willie” in Good Words for the Young, then edited by MacDonald (1872), iv., 106-115, 145-154, 225-234, 281-288, 321-325, 359-366,419-425, 460-465, 518-520; with nine illustrations.
  • 1873. Published as ” Gutta Percha Willie,” by Hoyt, Boston.
  • (1887.) Published as “ The History of Gutta Percha Willie,” by Blackie: 8vo, pp. vi + 212 + (2) + (8 illustrations by Hughes).
  • 1900. Published by Scribner, New York.
  • 1901. Published by Blackie.
  • 1903. Published by the Union Press, Philadelphia.
  • 1917. Published with the Hughes illustrations, by Hodder & Stoughton : 8vo, pp. 218.
  • N.D. Published by the American Sunday School Union, Philadelphia.

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