In nature's school / by Lilian Gask ... with sixteen illustrations by Dorothy Hardy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gask, Lilian, 1865-1942, author.

Contributor:

Hardy, Dorothy, illustrator.

Schimmel, Caroline F., associated name, donor.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animals.

Orphans.

Orphanages.

Beavers.

Nature stories.

Genre:

animal stories.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel 7484)

Physical Description:

viii, 9-319 pages, 14 pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

London : George G. Harrap & Co., [1908?]

Summary:

The story of a young orphan named Phil who runs away from an orphanage and meets animals who teach him about their lives.

Notes:

Illustration tipped onto front cover.

Title page verso: W. H. Smith & Son, Arden Press, Letchworth and Fetter Lane, London, E.C.

Local Notes:

Schimmel 7484: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Caroline F. Schimmel. Bookplate tipped on to front pastedown: Sothend-on-Sea Education Committee. Southchurch Hall School. Boys' Department. Midsummer, 1911 - Prize for Excellent Progress Conduct awarded to Sidney Gilbert, [illegible] Head Teacher. Leaves 1-3 detached.

OCLC:

6577482