Lady Mary and her nurse, or, A peep into the Canadian forest / by Mrs. Traill ... ; with illustrations by Harvey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Traill, Catherine Parr Strickland, 1802-1899.

Contributor:

Harvey, William, 1796-1866, illustrator.

Whymper, Josiah Wood, 1813-1903, engraver.

Hall, Virtue, and Co., publisher.

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. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 4836) (Schimmel 6528))

Physical Description:

vii, 204 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.

Other Title:

Lady Mary and her nurse

Peep into the Canadian forest

Place of Publication:

London : Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co., 1856.

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:

The six plates are engraved by J.W. Whymper.

Reprinted in Boston in 1856 under the title: Stories of the Canadian forest, or, Little Mary and her nurse, and in 1869 by T. Nelson and Sons as Afar in the forest.

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 4836) imperfect: five plates only (plate at p. 140 wanting).

Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 4836) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 4836): upper portion of half-title leaf torn off and replaced with Japanese tissue.

Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 6528) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 6528) has dated 19th-century manuscript gift inscription ("From Aunt Polly to Elizabeth 'This book was given to me by my father when I was a little girl' Aug 23 1893-") on verso of frontispiece plate.

Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel 6528): frontispiece plate partially hand-colored by a reader in dark and light blue and pink.

Cited in:

Osborne catalogue, II, 839

OCLC:

62998366