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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Infant Prattle, or Six Short Stories For the Nursery: In Words of One and Two Syllables / By A Mother, For the Use of Her Own Children ; With Seven Engravings |
| Date | 1853 |
| Record ID | 219383 |
| Collection Name | School Books |
| Reference | CL M918 I43 1853 |
| Theme | Morality, Manners and Consequences Gender and Sex Crime and Punishment Family and Relationships |
| Library of Congress Subject | 1-3 syllable books Children's stories Conduct of life--Juvenile literature Girls--Juvenile literature Mothers and daughters--Juvenile literature Nannies--Juvenile literature Corporal punishment--Juvenile literature Sisters--Juvenile literature Dolls--Juvenile literature Play--Juvenile literature Fires--Casualties--Juvenile literature Children's accidents--Juvenile literature Women as authors Readers Color printing--Plates |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Publisher | Hazard, Willis Pope (1825-1913) |
| Places | Pennsylvania |
| Document Type | Primer |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1853 Cautionary tales Books for girls Readers Color printing (Printing)--Plates. |
| Size | 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 15 cm |
| Page Numbers | 0 |
| Additional Notes | S G W, engraver. |
| Catalog Notes | "As a sensible child, even at so early a period as three years of age, will remember where the narrator forgets, and never fail to detect the mistakes of the second repetition, I came to a resolution to print a small collection of stories for very young children, composed merely of circumstances incidental to their age."--Preface, p. 6. Later published under the title Six short stories for the nursery. Pagination: 8, [2], 14, [2], 13, [3], 14, [2], 13, [3], 14, [2], 14 p., [7] leaves of plates. In red cloth. Wood-engraved plates printed in colors over tan tinted base. |
| American Antiquarian Society Copy Notes | American Antiquarian Society copy inscribed: Clara Martha Pike from her friend A.M. Bridge. July 14th, 1853. |
| 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. |