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The juvenile "sketch book, " or, Pictures of youth : a series of tales
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The juvenile "sketch book, " or, Pictures of youth : a series of tales

Date1825
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The frontispiece and pictorial t.-p. are engraved on copper by R. Fenner after J. Clover.
Contents: Prejudice; or, The little French girl -- Selfhood; or, The two friends -- The blue silk scarf -- Lucy Milford; or, Youthful fortitude.
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    Hardcover books
    DimensionsCover size: 16.5 cm x 10.5 cm (6 1/2 in. x 4 1/8 in.)
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      CollectionOsborne Collection of Early Children's Books
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object Number37131039922562D
      Catalogue Record for Print Book https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Ntt=1874529
      The mother's primer, or, First book for children : containing the first principles of English learning, in a series of easy lessons, tales, and fables : to which is added, a selection of prayers, graces, and hymns, calculated to convey to youthful minds the elements of useful knowledge
      The mother's primer, or, First book for children : containing the first principles of English learning, in a series of easy lessons, tales, and fables : to which is added, a selection of prayers, graces, and hymns, calculated to convey to youthful minds the elements of useful knowledge
      Abbot, A.
      1825
      Guy's general school question book : in which each question, in a regular series, is followed by its appropriate answer; not only in ancient and modern history, in which the whole is arranged in chronological order, but also in biography, geography, astronomy, heathen mythology, classical phraseology, and a great and interesting variety of miscellaneous subjects: the whole tending to enlarge the boundaries of juvenile knowledge by increasing its stores; and thus, by blending such a course of general information with sound classical or liberal learning, to raise a better superstructure of school education
      Guy's general school question book : in which each question, in a regular series, is followed by its appropriate answer; not only in ancient and modern history, in which the whole is arranged in chronological order, but also in biography, geography, astronomy, heathen mythology, classical phraseology, and a great and interesting variety of miscellaneous subjects: the whole tending to enlarge the boundaries of juvenile knowledge by increasing its stores; and thus, by blending such a course of general information with sound classical or liberal learning, to raise a better superstructure of school education
      Baldwin & Cradock
      1830
      Camera study of old mill, held by photographer Bill Lowry, is one of his series of pictures of pioneer Canada as it lives today, currently on exhibiti(...)
      Camera study of old mill, held by photographer Bill Lowry, is one of his series of pictures of pioneer Canada as it lives today, currently on exhibiti(...)
      Combs, Erin
      7/7/1975
      In fairyland : a series of pictures from the elf-world
      In fairyland : a series of pictures from the elf-world
      Allingham, William, 1824-1889
      1875
      Favourite tales for the nursery : with numerous pictures and picture pages
      Favourite tales for the nursery : with numerous pictures and picture pages
      Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
      1896
      Blossoms of peace : a series of tales and narratives, in prose and verse : designed as easy lessons for young persons of either sex : embellished with upwards of one hundred engravings
      Blossoms of peace : a series of tales and narratives, in prose and verse : designed as easy lessons for young persons of either sex : embellished with upwards of one hundred engravings
      Hodgson & Co.
      1822
      Foster Canadian literature, ''Acorn leaves, '' a series of choice and beautifully written tales
      Foster Canadian literature, ''Acorn leaves, '' a series of choice and beautifully written tales
      Gwynne, Nell (Pseudonym for Helen Boggs)
      1873
      Children's theatricals : being a series of popular fairy tales adapted for representation in the drawing room
      Children's theatricals : being a series of popular fairy tales adapted for representation in the drawing room
      Angus, J. Keith
      1879
      The fairy family : a series of ballads and metrical tales illustrating the fairy mythology of Europe
      The fairy family : a series of ballads and metrical tales illustrating the fairy mythology of Europe
      E.B. Gardener, E. Pickard Hall, and J. H. Stacy
      1874
      The little grammarian, or, An easy guide to the parts of speech : and familiar illustrations of the leading rules of syntax : in a series of instructive and amusing tales
      The little grammarian, or, An easy guide to the parts of speech : and familiar illustrations of the leading rules of syntax : in a series of instructive and amusing tales
      Fletcher, W. (William)
      1828
      Drolleries for young England : a series of funny tales in rhyme
      Drolleries for young England : a series of funny tales in rhyme
      Bayley, F. W. N. (Frederic William Naylor), 1808-1853
      1844
      The fairy family : a series of ballads & metrical tales illustrating the fairy mythology of Europe
      The fairy family : a series of ballads & metrical tales illustrating the fairy mythology of Europe
      Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts
      1857