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Rustic excursions for tarry-at-home travellers : a series of interesting tales, having a strictly moral tendency, and designed for the instruction of children / by Mrs. Sherwood.
Women’s Studies Archive: Rare Titles from the American Antiquarian Society, 1820-1922 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sherwood, Mary Martha, 1775-1851, author.
- Series:
- Women's Studies Archive: Rare Titles from the American Antiquarian Society, 1820-1922.
- Women's Studies Archive: Rare Titles from the American Antiquarian Society, 1820-1922
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Country life--Juvenile fiction.
- Country life.
- Children's poetry, English--19th century.
- Children's poetry, English.
- Children's stories, English--19th century.
- Children's stories, English.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (63 pages) : illustrations (some color).
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : John S. Horton, 1836.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- The cottage girl fetching water
- The summer storm
- The shepherd
- The reaper going to labour
- The turnpike gate
- The gleaners
- Ploughing
- The cottager's funeral
- The fox hunt
- Indian sagacity
- Cottagers going to church
- Hay-makers in a storm
- Rearing of ducks.
- Notes:
- Last page blank.
- Brief essays on aspects of country life, with related poems.
- In original publisher's binding: green cloth embossed with a pattern of berries, vines, and leaves. Printed paper label on upper board: Rustic excursions.
- Wood engraving on pages 17 signed "H"; wood engraving on p. 42 signed, "Horton" (id est, John S. Horton?).
- Reproduction of the original from American Antiquarian Society.
- OCLC:
- 1289507960
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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