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A wonder-book for girls and boys / by Nathaniel Hawthorne ; with engravings by Baker from designs by Billings.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864, author.
Contributor:
Baker, William Jay, engraver.
Billings, Hammatt, 1818-1874, illustrator.
Series:
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Mythology, Classical--Juvenile literature.
Mythology, Classical.
Genre:
Fiction.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (256 pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations.
Place of Publication:
Boston : Ticknor, Reed and Fields, MDCCCLII [1852]
System Details:
text file
Contents:
The Gorgon's head
The Golden touch
The paradise The three golden apples
The miraculous pitcher
The chimæra.
Notes:
First printing (error on page 21, line 3, "lifed" for "lifted").
Preface dated Lenox, July 15, 1851.
First published in London in 1851.
Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
OCLC:
51624697
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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