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A pleasing companion for little girls and boys : blending instruction with amusement : being a selection of interesting stories, dialogues, fables and poetry : designed for the use of primary schools and domestic nurseries, 1826 / by Jesse Torrey, Jun.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Torrey, Jesse, active 1787-1834, compiler.
- Series:
- Children's literature and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Readers (Elementary).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 volume (142 pages)).
- Edition:
- Tenth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- 1826 /
- Philadelphia : John Grigg, 1826.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference: CL-Backlog 0721.
- "Record ID: 534253"--Home page.
- "Description: Compiled for the use of children aged six to ten; cf. Preface, p. [iii].;Includes selections from Berquin's Children's friend, Maria Edgeworth's Early lessons, Thomas Day's Sandford and Merton, Aesop's Fables, and Jane and Ann Taylor's Poems for infant minds. Paragraphs numbered.;Reissue of the sheets of: A Pleasing companion for little girls and boys: blending instruction with amusement. Being a selection of interesting stories, dialogues, fables and poetry. Designed for the use of primary schools and domestic nurseries. By Jesse Torrey, Jun. ; [Four lines of prose by S. Adams] Tenth edition. Philadelphia: Published and sold by John Grigg, no. 9, North Fourth Street, and sold by booksellers and country merchants generally. Stereotyped by L. Johnson. 1826.;Copyright Mar. 24, 1824 by Jesse Torrey, Jr.;Endorsement by the committee of the Philadelphia Academy of Teachers, verso of title page.;Recommendations and advertisement for The moral instructor, p. [143-144].;Publisher's advertisement, lower cover."--Home page.
- Includes the selected works of: Aesop, M. Arnaud Berquin, Maria Edgeworth, Thomas Day and Jane Taylor.
- "Additional Notes: Torrey, Jesse (active 1787-1834), compiler."--Home page.
- "American Antiquarian Society Copy Notes: American Antiquarian Society copy has coin rubbings. Inscribed: John R. Ware, Esq. May 4th 1830."--Home page.
- "Catalog Record Note: Catalog Records (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved"--Home page.
- Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2020. Digitized from a copy held by the American Antiquarian Society and made available by Adam Matthew Digital.
- Description based on online resource; title from scanned document's title page (viewed on February 25, 2021).
- Contains:
- Edgeworth, Maria, 1768-1849. Early lessons. Selections.
- Day, Thomas, 1748-1789. History of Sandford and Merton. Selections.
- Taylor, Jane, 1783-1824. Original poems for infant minds. Selections
- Berquin, M. (Arnaud), 1747-1791. Ami des enfants. Selections. English
- Aesop's fables.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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