Life in the white bear's den / by A.L.O.E. ... ; with illustrations.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

A. L. O. E., 1821-1893, author.

Contributor:

Russell, R. Ramsay, illustrator.

Gall & Inglis, publisher.

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.

Children.

Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.

Conduct of life.

Voyages and travels--Juvenile fiction.

Voyages and travels.

Moravians--Juvenile fiction.

Moravians.

Adventure stories.

Missionaries--Juvenile fiction.

Missionaries.

Sailing--Juvenile fiction.

Sailing.

Missions--Juvenile fiction.

Missions.

Castaways--Juvenile fiction.

Castaways.

Bears--Juvenile fiction.

Bears.

Christian life--Juvenile fiction.

Christian life.

Labrador (N.L.)--Fiction.

Labrador (N.L.).

Children--Conduct of life.

Newfoundland and Labrador--Labrador.

Genre:

Fiction.

Juvenile works.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Queen Elizabeth's Hospital (Bristol, England) (bookplate) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Foss, E. V. (Edwin Vincent), 1872-1935 (inscription) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Jackson, Robert, approximately 1848-1917 (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Thomas, Herbert, 1819-1903 (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

iv, [4], 7-220, [2], 32 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

London, 25 Paternoster Square ; Edinburgh, 20 Bernard Terrace : Gall & Inglis, [1886?]

Notes:

Imprint date conjectured from references to the author's first book (The Claremont tales, 1852) having been "published by Gall & Inglis thirty-four years ago" and the author having spent "the last eleven years .. labouring in India" (beginning in 1875) on page [2] of publisher's advertisements.

Illustrations by R. Ramsay Russell.

"Illustrated list of Gall & Inglis' books for young folks.": Pages [1]-32 (second count).

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy has affixed to front pastedown prize bookplate of Queen Elizabeth's Hospital, Bristol, for distinction in English signed by headmaster Robert Jackson (ca. 1848-1917) and board of governors chairman Herbert Thomas (1819-1903) with the year (1887) completed in manuscript and the form ("Middle 4th"), prize ("4th") and name of the recipient ("E.V. Foss", i.e. Edwin Vincent Foss, 1872-1935) supplied in manuscript.

OCLC:

1422833711