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Country sights, for little folks.
Title:
Country sights, for little folks.
Author:
Lovechild, Lucy.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Philadelphia : H.C. Peck & Theo. Bliss, 1855.
Physical Description:
95 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 12 x 10 cm
General Note:
"Preface and contents, " in verse, on p. 3.
Language:
English
Contents:
Going to church -- Coming from church -- The rectory -- The rent-day -- Angling -- Haymaking -- Loading the hay -- Stacking the hay -- Reaping -- Threshing -- The cottage door -- Hogs in the wood -- The bird-boy -- Gathering walnuts -- The dovecot -- Mowing barley -- Winnowing grain -- The rustic bridge -- The dairy -- Sowing wheat -- The farm yard -- Indians -- Watering cows -- The water-mill -- The wind-mill -- Going to market -- The gleaners -- The woodman -- The huntsman and hounds -- Hunting the hare -- The flock of geese -- Going to school -- The village school -- Breaking ice for cattle -- Hop-picking -- Making lace -- The shepherd -- The farrier's shop -- The race -- Sheep-shearing -- The washing of sheep -- Birds -- The country inn -- Ploughing -- The sportsman -- Milking cows.
Local Note:
1855 edition : The volume is bound in blue cloth over boards, with an elaborate design centering on an oval blindstamped on both covers. The spine title is part of an elaborate design stamped in gilt on the spine.
Format :
Book