Stories of the Canadian forest, or, Lady Mary and her nurse / by Mrs. Traill ; with illustrations by Harvey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Traill, Catherine Parr Strickland, 1802-1899.

Contributor:

Harvey, William, 1796-1866, illustrator.

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Canada--Juvenile literature.

Indians of North America.

Natural history--Canada--Juvenile literature.

Natural history.

Nature study--Juvenile literature.

Nature study.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (bookplate) (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Sadony, Joseph A. (stamp) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

240 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.

Other Title:

Stories of the Canadian forest

Lady Mary and her nurse

Place of Publication:

Boston : Woolworth, Ainsworth & Company, [between 1868 and 1875]

Summary:

The nurse, Mrs. Frazer, who was born on the shores of Rice Lake in Upper Canada, describes, in story form, Canadian animals, flowers, fruits, and reptiles to her young charge, Lady Mary, the daughter of the Governor of Canada.

Notes:

Woolworth, Ainsworth & Company traded under that name from 1868 to 1875.

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel with her bookplate on front pastedown.

Schimmel Collection copy has stamp ("JOSEPH A. SADONY PRIVATE"), possibly that of Joseph A. Sadony (1877-1960) or his son Joseph A. Sadony, Jr. (1907-1993), at head of title leaf.

OCLC:

1043618565