The full content of this document is only available to subscribing institutions. More information can be found via www.amdigital.co.uk
If you believe you should have access to this document, click here to Login.
| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | A Pleasing Companion for Little Girls and Boys: Blending Instruction With Amusement: Being a Selection of Interesting Stories, Dialogues, Fables and Poetry: Designed for the Use of Primary Schools and Domestic Nurseries / By Jesse Torrey, Jun ; [Four Lines Of Prose By S Adams] |
| Date | 1826 |
| Record ID | 534253 |
| Collection Name | Theme based Selections |
| Reference | CL-Backlog 0721 |
| Theme | Morality, Manners and Consequences Nationality and Place Race, Ethnicity and Racism Animals and Nature |
| Library of Congress Subject | Children's stories Poetry Women as authors |
| Genre | Fiction Fables Poetry and Verse |
| Description | Compiled for the use of children aged six to ten; cf. Preface, p. [iii].;Includes selections from Berquin's Children's friend, Maria Edgeworth's Early lessons, Thomas Day's Sandford and Merton, Aesop's Fables, and Jane and Ann Taylor's Poems for infant minds. Paragraphs numbered.;Reissue of the sheets of: A Pleasing companion for little girls and boys: blending instruction with amusement. Being a selection of interesting stories, dialogues, fables and poetry. Designed for the use of primary schools and domestic nurseries. By Jesse Torrey, Jun. ; [Four lines of prose by S. Adams] Tenth edition. Philadelphia: Published and sold by John Grigg, no. 9, North Fourth Street, and sold by booksellers and country merchants generally. Stereotyped by L. Johnson. 1826.;Copyright Mar. 24, 1824 by Jesse Torrey, Jr.;Endorsement by the committee of the Philadelphia Academy of Teachers, verso of title page.;Recommendations and advertisement for The moral instructor, p. [143-144].;Publisher's advertisement, lower cover. |
| Author | Torrey, Jesse (fl.1787-1834) Aesop Berquin, M Arnaud (1747-1791) Edgeworth, Maria (1768-1849) Day, Thomas (1748-1789) Taylor, Jane (1783-1824) |
| Publisher | Grigg, John |
| Imprint | Philadelphia: Published and sold by John Grigg, bookseller, no. 9, North Fourth Street also sold by booksellers and country merchants generally, in the southern and western states., 1827 |
| Places | United States |
| Document Type | Anthology |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1827 Readers Dialogues Fables--1827 Poems--1827 Publishers' advertisements--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Printed boards (Binding) Quarter bindings (Binding) |
| Size | vi, [1], 7-142, [2] p. ; 18 cm |
| Page Numbers | vi, [1], 7-142, [2] p. ; 18 cm |
| Additional Notes | Torrey, Jesse (active 1787-1834), compiler. |
| Catalog Notes | Compiled for the use of children aged six to ten; cf. Preface, p. [iii]. Includes selections from Berquin's Children's friend, Maria Edgeworth's Early lessons, Thomas Day's Sandford and Merton, Aesop's Fables, and Jane and Ann Taylor's Poems for infant minds. Paragraphs numbered. Reissue of the sheets of: A Pleasing companion for little girls and boys: blending instruction with amusement. Being a selection of interesting stories, dialogues, fables and poetry. Designed for the use of primary schools and domestic nurseries. By Jesse Torrey, Jun. ; [Four lines of prose by S. Adams] Tenth edition. Philadelphia: Published and sold by John Grigg, no. 9, North Fourth Street, and sold by booksellers and country merchants generally. Stereotyped by L. Johnson. 1826. Copyright Mar. 24, 1824 by Jesse Torrey, Jr. Endorsement by the committee of the Philadelphia Academy of Teachers, verso of title page. Recommendations and advertisement for The moral instructor, p. [143-144]. Publisher's advertisement, lower cover. |
| American Antiquarian Society Copy Notes | American Antiquarian Society copy has coin rubbings. Inscribed: John R. Ware, Esq. May 4th 1830. |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
| Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |
| Catalog Record Note | Catalog Records (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |