1st Edition
Books for Children and Youth in Nineteenth-Century America Series I A collection of Conduct Books for Girls and Boys in 19th Century America
Edited By Toshika Nonomura
Copyright 2008
3300 Pages
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This set provides a collection of conduct books for children during Victorian America, in a facsimile reprint of sixteen items, including numerous illustrations and plates. It includes reading books, educational books, poetry books, and picture books by well-known juvenile book authors such as John Abbot, Harvey Newcomb, Lydia Sigourney, and Louisa Tuthill, as well as small booklets circulated by... Read more
Conduct Books for Girls Volume 1 (c. 630pp.) Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard) The Girl's Reading-Book in Prose and Poetry for Schools, 9th edn. (New York: J. Orville Taylor, 1839), c. 274pp. Abbott, John S. C. The School-Girl; or, the Principles of Christian Duty Familiarly Enforced (Boston: Crocker and Brewster, 1840), c. 180pp. Anon. The Girl's Medal: A Gift for All Seasons (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1842), c. 174pp. Volume 2 (c. 535pp.) Tuthill, Mrs I will be a Lady, a Book for Girls, 3rd edn. (Boston: W. M. Crosby and H. P. Nichols, 1845), c. 167pp. Belcher, Joseph Facts for Girls (New York: Lewis Colby & Co., 1847), c. 144pp. Newcomb, Harvey How to be a Lady (Boston: Gould, Kendal, and Lincoln, 1852), c. 224pp. Conduct Books for Boys Volume 3 (c. 760 pp.) Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard) The Boy's Reading Book (New York: Taylor & Clement, 1839), c. 321pp. Abbott, John S. C. The School Boy or Guide for Youth to Truth and Duty (Boston: Crocker and Brewster, 1839), c. 180pp. Anon. The Boys' Scrap Book (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1839), c. 255pp. Volume 4 (c. 520 pp.) Tuthill, Mrs. I will be a Gentleman, a Book for Boys, 14th edn. (Boston: W. M. Crosby and H. P. Nichols, 1848), c. 148pp. Belcher, Joseph Facts for Boys, 5th edn. (New York: Lewis Colby & Co., 1848), c. 144pp. Newcomb, Harvey How to be a Man, a Book for Boys, 5th edn. (Boston: Gould, Kendal, and Lincoln, 1848), c. 224pp. Conduct Books for Boys and Girls Volume 5 (c. 445pp.) Anon. A Picture Book for Little Boys and Girls (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1832), c. 16pp. Anon. The Boy's Token, bound with Good Advice for Boys and Girls (Worcester: S. A. Howland, 1843), c. 32pp. Anon. The Well-Bred Boy and Girl, or New School of Good Manners (two volumes) (Boston: B. B. Mussey and Co., 1850), c. 218pp Anon. Boy's and Girl's Scrap Book, Prose and Verse (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1852), c. 179pp.
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Toshika Nonomura
