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Trying to be useful / by Mrs. Madeline Leslie, author of "Cora and the doctor," "Courtesies of wedded life," "Household angel," et cetera.

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

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Leslie, Madeline, 1815-1893, author.
Contributor:
Champney, W. L., illustrator.
Bricher, Henry, approximately 1817- engraver.
Russell, Stephen S. C., approximately 1836- engraver.
Series:
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood.
Mrs. Leslie's juvenile series
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Charity--Juvenile fiction.
Charity.
Sewing--Juvenile fiction.
Sewing.
Young women--Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.
Young women.
Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life.
Girls--Societies and clubs--Juvenile fiction.
Girls.
Christian life--Juvenile fiction.
Christian life.
Girls--Societies and clubs.
Young women--Conduct of life.
Genre:
Novels.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (256 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations.
Place of Publication:
New York : A.D.F. Randolph, 1860.
System Details:
text file
Summary:
Agnes and Louise form a sewing society to do good for others and continue to do so as they grow up.
Notes:
Frontispiece and added series title page engraved and signed by Bricher-Russell drawn after Champney.
Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
Local Notes:
Scanned copy imperfect: some pages text cut off at edge.
OCLC:
905313093
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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