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The Infant school and nursery hymn book : being a collection of hymns, original and selected, with an analysis of each, designed to assist mothers and teachers in developing the infant mind : to which are added, moral songs, and pieces for recitation.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood Available online
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- Book
- Series:
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood.
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children's poetry.
- Sunday school literature.
- Sabbath.
- Sabbath--Juvenile poetry.
- Recitations.
- Genre:
- Sunday school literature.
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (126 pages).
- Edition:
- Third edition, revised and corrected.
- Place of Publication:
- New-York : Sold by A.W. Corey, 1831.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Hymns and rhymes for very small children
- Hymns about Jesus Christ
- Hymns of prayer and praise
- Time, death, and eternity
- Hymns for the Lord's Day, and on the worth of the Scriptures
- Miscellaneous
- Moral songs. The last five verses composed for Infant School, No. 1.
- Pieces for recitation.
- Notes:
- "The whole being adapted to the capacity of children under seven years."
- Without music. "The greater part of this little volume was prepared to assist the teachers of the schools under the care of 'The Infant School Society,' in this city ..."--Introduction, pages [3], dated: New-York, October, 1828.
- Variant issues; edition in hand pages [3] has the last word "teacher"; another edition has the last word "the" on pages [3].
- "Specimen of the eliptical plan of teaching. The following little verses ... have been found to answer extremely well, by putting one child in the rostrum, and desiring him purposely to leave out those words that are marked; the other children will fill them up as he goes on."--pages [121]-123.
- Index of first lines, pages [125]-126.
- Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
- OCLC:
- 905337961
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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