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True stories for young children / by the author of "Chickseed without chickweed," "Bible stories," "The favourite story book," "Mamma's stories of animals," andc. andc. andc.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leathley, Mary Elizabeth Southwell Dudley, 1818-1899, author.
- Series:
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood.
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children--Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.
- Children.
- Conduct of life--Early works to 1800--Juvenile fiction.
- Conduct of life.
- Animals--Juvenile fiction.
- Animals.
- Indians of North America--Juvenile fiction.
- Indians of North America.
- Virtue--Juvenile fiction.
- Virtue.
- School children--Juvenile fiction.
- School children.
- Children's stories.
- Children--Conduct of life.
- Genre:
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 pages in 2 volumes) : color illustrations.
- Edition:
- Second edtion.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Darton and Company, [1856]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- pt. I: The best way to spend a penny
- The two dogs
- A visit to the zoological gardens
- Do as you are bid
- Peace and war
- The ship on fire
- The Russian exiles
- The races
- part II: The castle and its true owners
- The grateful dog
- The gathering for peace
- The young princes who were killed in the Tower
- The blue-coat boys
- King Richard's death
- The little patriots
- Penn's treaty with the Indians.
- Notes:
- Date attributed by Bodleian Library catalogue.
- Author of "Chickseed without chickweed" is Mary Leathley.
- Each chapter separately paginated in groups of 16 pages each.
- Also issued in two separate parts, with contents page reprinted for parts I (pages 1-113) and II (pages 129-256).
- Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
- Local Notes:
- Scanned copy defective: pages 17-18 wanting.
- Reproduced from source library: 1 volume.
- OCLC:
- 905337796
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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