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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
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864, author.
- 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.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- The gorgon's head
- The golden touch
- The paradise of children
- 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.
- Contains:
- Gorgon's head.
- Golden touch.
- Paradise of children.
- Three golden apples.
- Miraculous pitcher.
- Chimæra.
- OCLC:
- 51624697
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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