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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
View online- Format:
- Book
- 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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