Baldwin Library Collection of Historical Children’s Literature, 1850-1869: Units 1-20
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About this Collection
Introduction: TheBaldwin Library Collection of Historical Children's Literature, 1850-1869
Themid-nineteenth century was one of the most dynamic times in the history ofchildrens literature. Although texts written for and about boys and girls hadexisted for decades in Great Britain and the United States, they began tocrystallize into a powerful cultural force, pervasive literary genre and evendistinct scholarly discipline. During the 1850s and 1860s, childrens textswere not simply being published, they were in their prime. From the work ofliterary heavyweights Charles Kingsley, Maria Edgeworth and Horace Scudder totitles by popular favorites Oliver Optic, Horatio Alger and Jacob Abbott,childrens literature in Great Britain and the United States was experiencingits heyday. In many ways, in fact, books for boys and girls enjoyed a culturalpower and literary prominence during the 1850s and 1860s that they would neverachieve again. Childrens stories were routinely the bestselling books on both sidesof the Atlantic. Accordingly, they were regularly reviewed in all of the topnational newspapers and frequently serialized in the most respected adultperiodicals as well as many childrens magazines. Moreover, in a detail that isastounding today given the sharp segregation and even ghettoization ofchildrens literature from narratives intended for adults, most British andAmerican authors during the mid-nineteenth century routinely wrote for a childas well as adult audience. Indeed, in an oft-forgotten aspect of U.S.publishing history, such preeminent writers as Ralph Waldo Emerson, WilliamCullen Bryant and John Greenleaf Whittier penned numerous works for children.Given the esteemed status of fiction for boys and girls during the mid-nineteenthcentury, critics commonly agree that this period marks the beginning of thegolden age of childrens literature.
Inspite of both the past cultural power and present critical importance ofchildrens literature during the 1850s and 1860s, finding, viewing and studyingthese materials has been notoriously difficult. A great number of these textsare out of print and thus available only in research archives. Gaining accessto them often necessitates securing a substantial research grant to travel to afar-away library. Unfortunately, once students and scholars arrive at thearchive, they often encounter more difficulty and disappointment. Because thepaper on which these books were printed was not always acid-free, manymid-nineteenth century childrens texts are fragile and crumbling: theillustrations are discolored, the bindings are broken and many of the pages arefalling out or already missing. While doing my own doctoral research on LouisaMay Alcotts childrens fiction at the New York Public Library, in fact, Idiscovered that some of the books were so fragile that they could not even beopened, let alone read. They lay on my desk like bricks from the ruins of alost civilization. Some were elegantly fastened by a wide ribbon; others weremore practically secured by a simple loop of string; while a few were heldtogether, most depressingly, by a utilitarian rubber band.
Theholdings of the Baldwin Library of Historical Childrens Literature at theGeorge A. Smathers Libraries of the University of Florida at Gainesville, nowpartially transferred to microfilm by Thomson Gale, provides the beginnings ofa much-welcome and long-overdue corrective to this problem. The microfilmedition of this well-known archive - which is based on the extensive holdings offormer English professor and longtime childrens literature collector Ruth M.Baldwin - contains over 6,300 childrens books published in the Englishlanguage in Great Britain and the United States from 1850 to 1869, althoughthere are a few isolated texts that fall either slightly before or just afterthese dates. Occupying approximately 1,000 reels of film, the Baldwin holdingsinclude not simply works by seminal authors of childrens literature but manyof the most commercially popular and critically acclaimed titles. From SamuelGoodrichs Peter Parley tales and Horatio Algers rags-to-riches stories toHorace Scudders Bodley Books and Maria Edgeworths didactic lessons and moraltales, nearly every reel teems with well-known titles by well-known authorsfrom the mid-nineteenth century. In many cases, in fact, the Baldwin collectionhas a first edition of these texts, such as with Charles Kingsleys TheWater-Babies (1863), Charlotte Mary Yonges The Daisy Chain (1856)and many titles in what is commonly seen as the first childrens book series,Jacob Abbotts Rollo novels. In this way, rather than an eclectic assembly oftitles, the holdings represent a true imprint and even blueprint of the fieldduring these decades. They contain titles that have become synonymous withchildrens literature not only during the mid-nineteenth century but alsotoday.
TheBaldwin reels, however, are not merely limited to fictional works of childrensliterature. On the contrary, they contain numerous nonfictional ones as well.From Lucy Bartons Natural History of the Holy Land (1855) and BenjaminFranklins Life of Dr. Benjamin Franklin (1853) to Washington Irvings Lifeand Voyages of Christopher Columbus (1850) and Charles Dickenss ChildsHistory of England (1853), there is a wide range of literary styles,schools and subject matters.
Asif anticipating future trends in literary scholarship, Ruth M. Baldwin amassedhighbrow works of canonical childrens literature as well as those that weregeared for more popular tastes and/or educative purposes. There are literallydozens of titles from Horatio Algers immensely popular rags-to-riches stories,Samuel Goodrichs equally well-liked Peter Parley tales and perennial favoritesfrom the prolific pen of Oliver Optic. Meanwhile, in a more serious vein, bookssuch as Henry Ward Beechers Lectures to Young Men (1857), CatharineMaria Sedgwicks Morals of Manners (1854) and, of course, Isaac Wattss Divineand Moral Songs for Children (1866) have a strong didactic purpose. Thesetexts reflect the tremendous emphasis that Victorians placed on religious andmoral instruction for children. Similarly, titles such as Sarah Tomlinsons FirstSteps in General Knowledge (1851) and Lydia Howard Sigourneys Lettersto My Pupils (1856) participated in the periods ongoing project ofchildrens literacy and education. Finally, whimsical works such GeorgeCruikshanks Hop-O My-Thumb and the Seven-League Boots (1853) andCatharine Maria Sedgwicks Pretty Little Stories for Pretty Little People(1850) embody what Perry Nodelman would characterize as the pleasures ofchildrens literature: they reflect the readerly enjoyment and narrativeplayfulness that is unique, intrinsic and even essential to this genre. Giventhe range and diversity of texts, the Baldwin collection represents not onlychildrens literature in Great Britain and the United States during themid-nineteenth but its childrens culture as well.
Whilemost students and scholars of childrens literature will find an array of compellingmaterials on these reels, the collection will be especially useful for thoseinterested in the study of gender and the construction of so-called girlsbooks and boys books. Given the Victorian eras subscription toessentialist views about gender and its accompanying belief in the strictdictum of separate spheres, many titles are geared for a single-sex audience.Works such as Lydia Howard Sigourneys Boys Book (1850) and CharlesMallorys The Little Boys Own Book (1850) along with Lydia MariaChilds The Girls Own Book (1850) and Melvilles One Hundred CottageStories for Girls (1853) yield a wealth of information about gender rolesocialization in Victorian America and Great Britain. They invite readers toexplore the ways in which these books both converge and diverge from those thatare geared for a mixed-gender audience, such as Nathaniel Hawthornes TanglewoodTales for Girls and Boys (1853), Lydia Maria Childs Flowers forChildren (1855) and Fanny Ferns Little Ferns for Fannys Little Friends(1854). Moreover, in an added index of the heightened specialization ofchildrens literature during this era along with its increasingly pinpointedcommercial marketingmany texts in general and those by American authors inparticular cleave along lines of not only gender, but age as well. FromCatharine Maria Sedgwicks Sketches for School Boys (1850) and AuntFerns Baby Nightcaps (1860), the books belie the way in whichsocietal views about children and the social construction of childhood werebecoming more complex during these decades. Indeed, during the period from 1850to 1869, it was increasingly more difficult for readers, critics and authors tospeak of childhood, childrens literature and even children as monolithiccategories. Throughout these years, these terms were fracturing and splinteringin ways that were both delightful and devilish.
Althoughthe Baldwin collection is an ostensible archive of childrens texts, it holdsan interest for students and critics from an array of other disciplines. Themost compelling and perhaps most apparent is individuals interested inVictorian literature and especially womens writing. After all, in addition toembodying the golden age of childrens literature, the mid-nineteenth century wasalso a seminal period in American and British literary history. Many reelscontain titles by some of the most recognizable figures in the AmericanRenaissance, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Washington Irvingand James Fenimore Cooper. In addition, reflecting the publishing worldsdomination by what Hawthornes (in)famously characterized as a damned mob ofscribbling women, there are many female authors: Lydia Maria Child, FannyFern, Susan Warner, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Maria Cummins, Lydia HowardSigourney, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Once again, the collection contains someof the most well-known texts by these writers along with many lesser-knownworks. In addition to copies of Susan Warners bestselling books The Wide,Wide World (1851) and Queechy (1852), for instance, the reels holdnearly a dozen of her other titles, including such rare gems as GoldenLadder (1863), Mrs. Rutherfords Children (1856) and Casper(1856, 1865). Moreover, the collection also includes works by the authorssister, Anna Warner, along with titles by relatives of other famous authors.Among the most notable, perhaps, is Susan Fenimore Cooper, the eldest daughterof famed American author James Fenimore Cooper. Finally, for readers interestedin working outside of the canon and participating in the ongoing rediscovery offorgotten or neglected nineteenth-century writers, there is plenty here. Amongmy favorite was A.L.O.E, the pseudonym of C. M. Tucker, who penned an arrayof compelling texts, some with such heart-warming titles as Story of aNeedle (1858) and Rambles of a Rat (1857), and others with moreominous ones like Harry Dangerfield, The Poacher (1862) and GiantKiller (1860).
Similarobservations can be made about the field of Victorian British literature. Thecollection contains many works by such veritable male demigods as WilliamMakepeace Thackeray, Oliver Goldsmith, and Charles Lamb, along with the work ofsuch seminal women authors as Maria Edgeworth, Harriet Martineau, Mary MarthaSherwood, Margaret Oliphant and Charlotte Mary Yonge. Akin to its coverage ofAmerican literature, the collection houses not only many of the most well-knownworks by these writers, but also an array of their lesser-known gems. Bookssuch as Maria Edgeworths complex and compelling novel Mimic (1856),Charles Kingsleys curious and often eccentric Portfolio of Entertainmentand Instruction (1855) and Harriet Martineaus seldom studied but cleverlyconstructed didactic tales Peasant and the Prince (1856) or Poor andProud (1856) are long overdue for critical attention. Finally, thecollection holds many titles by once-popular but now commonly-forgotten writerswhose individual texts, along with overall literary careers, are ripe forrediscovery. Among the most fertile and promising are Mary Martha Sherwoodsimportant moral tales, including her influential Lady of the Manor(1860), and the work of A. S. Moffat (who often published under the initialsA.S.M.) and her noteworthy girls series, Cedar Brook Stories (1865),which influenced both the formation and popularization of this now-ubiquitouschildrens genre. Taken collectively, the sheer breadth and depth of materialwill sustain countless undergraduate papers, masters theses and even doctoraldissertations. At many institutions - and especially those that are newer orsmaller - reels will make it possible for students and faculty alike to studythese authors in more depth and detail.
Theuse and importance of the Baldwin collection, however, is not merely limited toliterary critics. Given the way in which the volumes provide a snapshot of thereaderly tastes and publishing habits of a particular historical era, they willalso be of interest to individuals from an array of other fields. Those workingin Victorian American and English history, for instance, can make use of workssuch as Nathaniel Hawthornes True Stories from History and Biography(1851) for their version of historical fact, along with titles such as AnneMaria Sargeants Mammas Lessons on the History and Geography of Palestine (1850)and John C. Abbotts Anecdotes of the American Revolution (1850) fortheir value as historical artifacts. Meanwhile, students and scholars in thefields of cultural and especially religious studies will be drawn to volumessuch as Sarah Tomlinsons Talking Bible (1851), Jacob Abbotts Anecdotesof the Chinese, Illustrative of Their Character and of Their Conduct TowardsForeigners (1850) or Louisa Tuthills Parables of the Savior (1851).Finally, those interested in the history of public education and Victoriandevelopments in pedagogical theory will find an array of intriguing titles,from Amerels Footsteps on the Road to Learning (1850), FrancisWoodworths First Steps in General Knowledge (1850) and - my personal favorite- D. P. Stones Stories to Teach Me To Think (1850).
Evenone of the ostensible flaws or weaknesses in the collection - namely, thepresence of some duplicate title - are a research asset. Although some reelsreplicate a novel found previously, it is always a separate edition. Forinstance, there is an 1852 (and possibly first) edition of Harriet BeecherStowes wildly-popular and tremendously influential abolitionist novel UncleToms Cabin, along with one from 1868. Similarly, one reel contains an 1863edition of Charles Kingsleys The Water-Babies (possibly another firstedition), while a subsequent reel holds an 1869 edition. Finally, by my count,there are no fewer than three different printings of Nathaniel Hawthornesinfluential Wonder Book for Boys and Girls: one from 1852, another from1868 and a third from 1869. Whereas scholars are often fortunate to find oneedition of a nineteenth-century text, the Baldwin collection gives them accessto two or more of them. In this way, they can examine a text as not only aliterary work but a material object: exploring how different versions weretypeset, bound, and marketed in different historical eras and the impact thatthese changes had on the books critical interpretation as well as popular reception.Meanwhile, textual scholars can explore the publication history of thesevolumes, examining everything from an editions divergence from the originalcopy text to variants within that specific edition.
Duringone of my first seminars in graduate school, I remember talking with a fellowstudent about my interest in and enthusiasm for nineteenth-century Americanwomens writing and their narratives for both children and adults. Afterlistening politely to my intended field of study, he matter-of-factly commentedthat he would never focus on Victorian literature - whether American orBritish, written by men or women, intended for an adult of or child audience -because so many of these texts were irreversibly and irretrievablydeteriorating in libraries. As he pointed out, even medieval texts - written onsturdy vellum - were more accessible and better preserved than manynineteenth-century works of British and American literature. In light of themany logistical struggles of graduate school and intellectual challenges ofproducing original scholarship, he didnt wish to add any more complexity ordifficulty.
Themicrofilm edition of the Baldwin Library of Historical Childrens Literature isa substantial step toward making such remarks obsolete. Providing importantscholarly access along with essential material preservation, it opens up thefield to an array of new students and scholars. Whereas individuals beforeneeded to be either already located at, or travel to, a research archive toview, read or work with such materials, now any library can become its ownrepository of rare, precious and important texts from the mid-nineteenthcentury.
Assistant Professor of English, Hollins University
Editorial Note
Place of Publication: New York
Year of Publication: 1830
Title: Tales about Travellers
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Title: Tales about Birds, Illustrative of Their Nature, Habits, andInstincts
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Title: More Seeds of Knowledge, or, Another Peep at Charles
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Title: Great Britain for Little Britons
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Title: Conversations of Little Herbert and His Mother on Zoology
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Year of Publication: 1852
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Title: Young Travellers Journal of a Tour
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Title: Old Revolutionary Soldier
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Title: Inquisitive Jack and His Aunt Mary
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Title: Columbus
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Title: Jessie Graham, or, Friends Dear, but Truth Dearer
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Title: Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match
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Title: Be True
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Title: Forest Pony and Other Tales
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Place of Publication: Philadelphia
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Title: What to Do and How to Do It
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1850
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Year of Publication: 1850
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Title: Recollections of Rambles in the South
Place of Publication: New York
Year of Publication: 1854
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Title: Mothers Assistant or Infant School Primer
Place of Publication: Concord, NH
Year of Publication: 1849
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Title: 1851 or the Adventures of Mr. And Mrs. Sandboys and Family
Place of Publication: London
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Place of Publication: Concord, NH
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Title: Peter Parleys Tales about the Widows Family
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Year of Publication: 1848
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Title: Triumphs of the Cross. 2nd Series: Tales of Christian Endurance
Place of Publication: London
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Place of Publication: Philadelphia
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Title: Stories About Horses: Illustrative of Their Intelligence, Sagacityand Docility
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Year of Publication: 1858
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Title: Caroline
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Title: Pleasant Tales for Young People
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Year of Publication: 1850
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Title: Chapters for Children
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Title: Wanderers by Sea and Land
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Title: Winter Evenings or Tales of Travellers
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Title: Fireside Tales for the Young, Vols. 1-4
Place of Publication: London
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Title: Tony the Sleepless
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Title: History of Alexander the Great
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Place of Publication: Philadelphia
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Title: Works of Creation Illustrated
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Title: Strait Gate
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Title: Scientific Dialogues
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Title: Sunshine and Showers
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Title: Moral Songs
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Year of Publication: 1850
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Title: Tales in Rhyme
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Place of Publication: Philadelphia
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Title: Thrilling Adventures Among the Indians
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Title: Little Sister
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Title: Aunt Fannys Story
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Title: Vernon
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Title: City Scenes and Robert Rambles Scenes In The Country
Place of Publication: Boston, MA
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Title: Cobwebs To Catch Flies
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Title: Industry And Perseverance
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Title: My Child Fairy
Place of Publication: Hartford, CT
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Title: Tales In Prose
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Title: Mr. Rutherfords Children
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Title: Tales about the Sea and the Islands in the Pacific Ocean
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1851
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Title: How to Win Love
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1848
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Title: Conquest and Self Conquest
Place of Publication: London
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Title: Birthday Gift
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Title: Story Of A Needle
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Place of Publication: Boston, MA
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Title: Taught Yet Caught
Place of Publication: London, England
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Title: Fifi
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Year of Publication: 1862
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Title: King of the Golden River
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Title: Siege of Lichfield
Place of Publication: London
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Title: Finikin and His Gold Pippin
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Title: Sabbath Talks with Little Children
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Title: Juvenile Budget Re-Opened
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Title: Florence and John
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Year of Publication: 1850
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Title: Westerton
Place of Publication: London
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Title: History of England for the Young, Vols. I and II
Place of Publication: London
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Place of Publication: Philadelphia
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Title: Rhymes for the Nursery
Place of Publication: New York
Year of Publication: 1837
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Title: My Three Aunts, and Other Stories
Place of Publication: Manchester
Year of Publication: 1850
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Title: Natural History of the Holy Land
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Title: Spectacles For Young Eyes
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Year of Publication: 1863
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Title: Memoir of Wilberforce Richmond
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Year of Publication: 1850
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Title: Faithless Parrot
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Title: Rolls Plumbe
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Title: Letters to an Adopted Daughter
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Title: Childs Gem and Other Stories
Place of Publication: New York
Year of Publication: 1861
Reel and Position: 600 no. 1
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1861
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Title: Peter Parleys Story of the Little Drummer
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Year of Publication: 1829
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Title: Sequel to Mammas Bible Stories
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Year of Publication: 1861
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Title: History Of Mary, Queen of Scots
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Year of Publication: 1860
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Title: Glimpses Of Ocean Life
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Year of Publication: 1860
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Title: Rills From The Fountain
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Title: Country Life
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Year of Publication: 1860
Reel and Position: 619 no. 4
Title: Hearth-Stone Sketches
Place of Publication: Boston
Year of Publication: 1860
Reel and Position: 620 no. 5
Title: Audubon the Naturalist of the New World
Place of Publication: New York
Year of Publication: 1856
Reel and Position: 621 no. 2
Title: Robert And Harold
Place of Publication: Philadelphia
Year of Publication: 1860
Reel and Position: 622 no. 1
Place of Publication: New York
Year of Publication: 1860
Reel and Position: 623 no. 5
Title: Little By Little
Place of Publication: Cincinnati
Year of Publication: 1860
Reel and Position: 630 no. 1
Title: Childs Picture And Verse Book
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1843
Reel and Position: 638 no. 5
Title: Coming To The Light
Place of Publication: New York
Year of Publication: 1860
Reel and Position: 641 no. 5
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1860
Reel and Position: 642 no. 1
Title: Childrens Picture-Book of Quadrupeds and Other Mammalia
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1860
Reel and Position: 643 no. 3
Title: Worth, Not Wealth
Place of Publication: Boston
Year of Publication: 1860
Reel and Position: 644 no. 1
Place of Publication: Philadelphia
Year of Publication: 1860
Reel and Position: 647 no. 6
Title: History of Rome from the Earliest Period to the Close of the Empire
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1860
Reel and Position: 647 no. 7
Place of Publication: New York
Year of Publication: 1860
Reel and Position: 647 no. 8
Author: Leslie, Madeline
Title: Little Frankie On A Journey
Place of Publication: Boston
Year of Publication: 1860
Reel and Position: 647 no. 9
Title: Childs Book of True Stories
Place of Publication: New York
Year of Publication: 1850
Reel and Position: 647 no. 10
Title: Mary MNeill
Place of Publication: Edinburgh
Year of Publication: 1868
Reel and Position: 648 no. 1
Place of Publication: New York
Year of Publication: 1854
Reel and Position: 654 no. 2
Title: Palace Of Beauty
Place of Publication: Boston
Year of Publication: 1856
Reel and Position: 658 no. 5
Place of Publication: New York
Year of Publication: 1850
Reel and Position: 649 no. 9
Title: Boys Own Book
Place of Publication: New York
Year of Publication: 1884
Reel and Position: 662 no. 3
Title: Book of Golden Deeds of All Times and All Lands
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1872
Reel and Position: 670 no. 4
Title: Life Of Andrew Jackson
Place of Publication: Philadelphia
Year of Publication: 1846
Reel and Position: 677 no 1
Place of Publication: Philadelphia
Year of Publication: 1856
Reel and Position: 680 no. 2
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1858
Reel and Position: 680 no. 3
Title: Stories of Ireland and Her Four Provinces
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1857
Reel and Position: 680 no. 8
Title: Stories About Birds
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1859
Reel and Position: 681 no. 12
Title: True Stories of the Times of Richard II
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1858
Reel and Position: 693 no. 3
Title: Punchs Letters to His Son
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1843
Reel and Position: 694 no. 8
Title: What To Do, And How To Do It
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1845
Reel and Position: 705 no. 5
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1860
Reel and Position: 709 no. 1
Title: Jane Thorn
Place of Publication: Boston
Year of Publication: 1850
Reel and Position: 720 no. 8
Title: More Kind Words For His Young Friends
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1844
Reel and Position: 721 no. 8
Title: Clever Boys Of Our Time
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1860
Reel and Position: 746 no. 2
Title: Observing Eye
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1860
Reel and Position: 753 no. 1
Title: Walks From Eden
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1872
Reel and Position: 753 no. 2
Place of Publication: Boston, MA
Year of Publication: 1860
Reel and Position: 762 no. 6
Title: Childhood Of Mary Leeson
Place of Publication: Boston, MA
Year of Publication: 1848
Reel and Position: 767 no. 5
Place of Publication: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 1845
Reel and Position: 768 no. 2
Place of Publication: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 1867
Reel and Position: 768 no. 8
Place of Publication: Philadelphia
Year of Publication: 1855
Reel and Position: 776 no. 9
Title: Birds Bees And Blossoms
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1858
Reel and Position: 803 no. 5
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1881
Reel and Position: 822 no. 3
Title: Tales About Asia And Africa
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1850
Reel and Position: 847 no. 4
Title: Ottalies Stories For The Little Folks
Place of Publication: Boston
Year of Publication: 1866
Reel and Position: 867 no. 2
Title: Circle Of Blessing
Place of Publication: New York
Year of Publication: 1868
Reel and Position: 868 no. 4
Title: Lucys Half Crown
Place of Publication: New York
Year of Publication: 1866
Reel and Position: 875 no. 1
Title: Hubert Ellis
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1866
Reel and Position: 884 no. 1
Title: Charlie Burton
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1889
Reel and Position: 888 no. 5
Title: Little Megs Children
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1868
Reel and Position: 898 no. 6
Title: Great Journey
Place of Publication: New York
Year of Publication: 1855
Reel and Position: 911 no. 4
Title: Aunt Louisas Birthday Gift
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1865
Reel and Position: 944 no. 61
Title: Our Dumb Companions
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1864
Reel and Position: 947 no. 1
Title: Young Naturalist
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1870
Reel and Position: 947 no. 2
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1870
Reel and Position: 947 no. 3
Title: Daddys Makings
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1864
Reel and Position: 947 no. 4
Title: Missionary In Many Lands
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1861
Reel and Position: 947 no. 5
Title: Boys Cabinet Of Instructive And Moral Stories
Place of Publication: New York
Year of Publication: 1861
Reel and Position: 947 no. 6
Title: Joe And Jim
Place of Publication: New York
Year of Publication: 1865
Reel and Position: 948 no. 5
The following titles inUnit 20 have publishing dates other than 1850 to 1869, and/or have beenmicrofilmed out of sequence:
Title: Roly And Poly At Aunt Merciful Gratacap's
Place of Publication: New York
Year of Publication: 1869
Reel and Position: 963 no. 2
Place of Publication: Philadelphia
Year of Publication: 1856
Reel and Position: 966 no. 6
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1848
Reel and Position: 979 no. 5
Title: Bye-Words
Place of Publication: Leipzig
Year of Publication: 1880
Reel and Position: 980 no. 2
Title: Little Duke
Place of Publication: Leipzig
Year of Publication: 1861
Reel and Position: 980 no. 3
Title: Wings And Strings
Place of Publication: New York
Year of Publication: 1869
Reel and Position: 996 no. 2
Title: True Heroism
Place of Publication: New York
Year of Publication: 1869
Reel and Position: 996 no. 3
Title: Pilgrim Street
Place of Publication: London
Year of Publication: 1867
Reel and Position: 996 no. 4