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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Books For Young Children / c.1850 |
| Date | c.1850 |
| Record ID | 248121 |
| Collection Name | Alphabet Books |
| Reference | CLA5125B7241850 |
| Theme | Illness and Death Women in Publishing Education and Didactic Texts |
| Library of Congress Subject | Sunday school literature Poetry Seasons Natural theology Children Scarlatina Women as authors |
| Genre | Pedagogical Texts Poetry and Verse |
| Publisher | American Tract Society |
| Places | United States |
| Illustrator | Thomas, George Housman (1824-1868) |
| Document Type | Primer |
| Book Type | Relief prints Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding)--1850 Juvenile literature--1850 Alphabet books--1850 Poems--1850 Prayers Hymns Dialogues |
| Size | 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 11 cm |
| Catalog Notes | Tracts 17-32, originally issued separately; reissued as a collection by the publisher. The American Tract Society was formed in 1825 and had main branches in New York and in Boston. The American Antiquarian Society copy bears an owner's inscription dated 1850. Collective title page and contents, [4] p. at beginning. In brown cloth. "The four seasons. 17"--15, [1] p. "Pretty stories for good children. 18"--15, [1] p. One wood-engraving signed by Alexander Anderson. "An alphabet of lessons for children. 19"--15, [1] p. "Good child's soliloquy. 20"--15, [1] p. In verse. Wood engraving, p. 2, signed: G. Thomas [i.e., George Housman Thomas?] del. H. Harrison sc. "The Lord's prayer."--p. 13. Hymns, p. 14-[16]. "The journey. 21"--15, [1] p. "The little bird's soliloquy."--p. 14-[16]. "The hymn-book. 22"--15, [1] p. "Morning and evening. 23"--15, [1] p. Some illustrations signed by Alexander Anderson. "The child's devotions. 24"--15, [1] p. "Dialogue between a brother and sister, concerning salvation by Christ. 25"--15, [1] p. Title vignette signed: HH. "The boat. By Charlotte Elizabeth. 26"--14, [2] p. "This narrative is a simple relation of an event that happened to the writer and her brother in their childhood. In the 'Personal recollections' of Charlotte Elizabeth, the incident is described with some additional particulars."--p. [15] "The wanderer. 27"--15, [1] p. "The sower. A dialogue. 28"--15, [1] p. "Reading the Bible. 29"--15, [1] p. "Mary Scott, eldest daughter of Rev. T. Scott, the commentator. 30"--15, [1] p. "The bird's nest. By Charlotte Elizabeth. [Three lines from Psalms] 31"--15, [1] p. One wood-engraving signed by Robert Roberts. "Little Martha. 32"--15, [1] p. |
| Linked Documents |
Books For Young Children / c.1848 |
| 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. |