Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell (born March 5, 1862, died January 15, 1924). He was an American artist and author, and a famous illustrator of children's books at the turn of the century. Besides his own books, Peter Newell illustrated Mark Twain's "Innocents Abroad" and Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass". He is the author of the Classics "The Hole Book", "The Slant Book", and "The Rocket Book".