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Chronicles of an old English oak, or, Sketches of English life and history : as reported by those who listened to them / edited by Emily Taylor, author of "The boy and birds," "Tales of the English," et cetera.

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

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Taylor, Emily, 1795-1872, editor.
Friston, David Henry, illustrator.
Anderson, Fay, engraver.
Series:
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Religious life--Juvenile fiction.
Religious life.
History.
Great Britain--History--Juvenile fiction.
Great Britain.
Genre:
Novels.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (vi, 153 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations.
Other Title:
Sketches of English life and history
Place of Publication:
London : Groombridge and Sons, 1860.
System Details:
text file
Summary:
Stories such as the Pilgrimages to Walsingham, and Progresses of Queen Elizabeth, the neighbourhood of a Castle, a Priory, a Hall, and Manor House are presented through the dialogues among an old oak tree, a boy, and Sister Ann.
Notes:
Ill. engraved and signed by F. Anderson drawn after D.H. Friston.
Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
OCLC:
905319255
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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