Rachel Bryant Davies is a Lecturer in Comparative Literature at Queen Mary University of London

Barbara Gribling is a Research Associate in the School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics at Newcastle University

Introduction: pasts at play - Rachel Bryant Davies and Barbara Gribling
Part I: Biblical and archaeological pasts
1 Noah's Ark-aeology and nineteenth-century children - Melanie Keene
2 Bringing Egypt home: children's encounters with ancient Egypt in the long nineteenth century - Virginia Zimmerman
Part II: Classical pasts
3 Didactic heroes: masculinity, sexuality and exploration in the Argonaut story of Kingsley's The Heroes - Helen Lovatt
4 'Fun from the Classics': puzzling antiquity in The Boy's Own Paper - Rachel Bryant Davies
Part III: Medieval and early modern pasts
5 Youthful consumption and conservative visions: Robin Hood and Wat Tyler in late Victorian penny periodicals - Stephen Basdeo
6 A tale of two ladies? Stuart women as role models for Victorian and Edwardian girls and young women - Rosemary Mitchell
Part IV: Revived pasts
7 Tarry-at-home antiquarians: children's 'tour books' 1740-1840 - M. O. Grenby
8 Playing with the past: child consumers, pedagogy and British history games, c. 1780-1850 - Barbara Gribling
9 Re-enacting local history in the Stepney Children's Pageant, 1909 - Ellie Reid
Appendix A: A list of 'tour books' - M. O. Grenby
Appendix B: A list of British history-themed toys and games - Barbara Gribling
Index