The family book, or, Children's journal. : Consisting of moral & entertaining stories, with instructive conversations on those subjects which daily occur in nature & society. / From the French of M. Berquin. ; To serve as a continuation to The children's & youth's friend, of the same author. I[-II]. part. ; [Three lines of text].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berquin, M. (Arnaud), 1747-1791.

Contributor:

Stockdale, Miss (Mary R.), translator.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 24811.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Children's stories, French.

Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.

Conduct of life.

Genre:

Juvenile literature -- 1812.

Dialogues.

Poems -- 1812.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

2 volumes ; 18 cm

Edition:

New edition.

Other Title:

Le livre de famille ou Journal des enfans.

Journal des enfans.

Children's journal.

Place of Publication:

Detroit. : Printed by Theophilus Mettez., 1812.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

English and French text on facing pages. English title page on p. [3]; added title page in French, p. [2]: Le livre de famille ou Journal des enfans, contenant des historiettes morales & amusantes, mêlóes d'entretiens instructifs sur tous les objets qui les frappent journellement dans la nature & dans la société. Par M. Berquin. ...

Half-title: Journal des enfans. Children's journal.

Includes (v. 1, p. 244-252) two untranslated pieces: Les quatres saisons, and Si les hommes ne te voient pas, Dieu te voit.

Apparently based upon an English edition translated by Miss Mary R. Stockdale.

Pagination, v. 1: 252 p.; v. 2: 232 p.

"Stanzas to the memory of Mr. Berquin."--v. 2, p. 232.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 24811).

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