1st Edition

Lydia Maria Francis Child (ES 4-vol. set)

Edited By Toshiko Nonomura Copyright 2011
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This is the third part of the series to collect conduct books, and educational guides for children during Victorian America. This facsimile reprint collection provides ten books for children by Lydia Maria Child (1802–80), a novelist and journalist. While famous for her activities as an American abolitionist and a campaigner for women’s rights, she also had a keen interest in childhood and... Read more

Vol. 1: (c. 570pp.)

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Evenings in New England, intended for Juvenile Amusement and Instruction, by an American Lady

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Boston: Cummings, Hillard & Co., 1824, c. 185pp.

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The First Settlers of New England: or, Conquest of the Pequods, Narragansets and Pokanokets: As Related by a Mother to Her Children, and Designed for the Instructions for Youth, by a Lady of Massachusetts

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Boston: Munroe & Francis / New York: Charles S. Francis, 1829, c. 295pp.

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Biographical Sketches of Great and Good Men Designed for the Amusement and Instructions of Young Persons

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Boston: Putnam & Hunt, 1829 (first ed.), c. 89pp.

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Vol. 2: (c. 680pp.)

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The Little Girl's Own Book

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New York: Clark, Austin & Co., 1849 (first ed. in 1833), c. 288pp.

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Rose Marian and The Flower Fairies, adapted from the German Legend

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Boson: Crosby, & Ainsworth, 1865 (first ed. in 1839) c. 46pp.

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Fact and Fiction: A Collection of Stories

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New York: C. S. Francis & Co., 1847 (first ed. in 1846), c. 282pp.

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The Gift Book of Biography for Young Ladies, pp. 209–62 only

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London: Thomas Nelson, 1847, c. 60pp.

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Vol. 3: (c. 560pp.)

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Flowers for Children, Part I, II & III

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New York: C. S. Francis & Co., 1852 (first ed. in 1844-1847) c. 552pp.

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Vol. 4: (c. 495pp.)

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Rainbows for Children

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Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868 (first ed. in 1847) c. 180pp.

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A New Flower for Children

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Boston: Crosby, Nichols, Lee & Co., 1861 (first ed. in 1855) c. 311pp

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Edited By Toshiko Nonomura