The parent's cabinet of amusement and instruction.
Title:
The parent's cabinet of amusement and instruction.
Author:
Greenhill, Ralph, donor.
Publication Information:
London : Smith, Elder and Co., 1835.
London : Printed by Stewart and Co..
Physical Description:
289 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm
General Note:
Contents indentical to v. 6 of the 6 vol. set reprinted from the periodical first published 1833-1835. Cf. contents bound in with v. [3] of The parent's cabinet of amusement and instruction. Reprint (1837).
Rare Book Room copy gift of Ralph Greenhill.
Language:
English
Contents:
Visit to Manchester -- The swallow's return -- Thomas and the dog -- The bread-fruit of Otaheite -- Harriet's trials -- Croesus -- The house- fly -- Alexander Selkirk -- A canary's lamentation on a fine spring morning -- Tarquinius Superbus -- The caterpillar and butterfly -- Captain Cook -- The lock -- The castle and the school-house -- Kensington Gardens -- The apparent course of the sun -- Uncle John in Iceland -- Dog Tray -- The barometer.
Local Note:
Rare Book Room copy in brown quarter morocco, with textured brown paper covered boards.
Rare Book Room copy Ex libris: Henry Mussenden Leathes. ESQ.
Rare Book Room copy contains booksellers label; Jarrold & sons Booksellers &c.
Format :
Book