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189723637New York State circa 1897. Wraps. Very good. 8vo. Cardstock covers cloth taped spine. Edgewear and creasing to covers; cloth tape torn at ends. Author's name and the title "School Law" written in pen on front cover. Commercial ruled notebook about two-thirds filled with handwritten notes in pencil and pen. Approximately 20 loose handwritten sheets folded and laid in along with one printed page. Toning throughout; some blank pages entirely or partially torn out. <br/><br/>Detailed student notes apparently from a teacher's training course on the laws governing education in New York state in the late 1890s with briefer sections of notes on the geology and geography of New York; one page is dated 1897. Includes sections on Corporal Punishment "If a teacher wishes to punish a child she may do it without the parents' consent. Parents or teacher may be arrested for undue severity. Cicero said "Do not punish in anger"; the Compulsory Education Law and the authority of truant officers "The law provides that parents may be fined or imprisoned or both"; and the "Physiology Law" requiring that "physiology relating to alcoholic drinks and other narcotics and their effects on the human system shall be taught yearly in all grades in the public schools". <br /> <br />In addition to assorted notes practice tests and copied poems a printed page from the December 12 1891 School Journal is laid in including several sample lesson preparations and "Suggestions to Teachers" on narcotics and stimulants: "There is a general feeling on the part of the little ones under your charge that the use of alcoholic liquors is wrong.To prove to them that its use is deleterious to the mind and body is a hard thing for you to do. They must take this on faith and you are to be the faith-builder for the little ones." <br /> <br />The name of the notebook's author and owner appears in a list of 1900 Normal School graduates in Suffolk County issued as part of the annual New York State Superintendent's Report: Esther Alice Andrews of Patten's Mills successfully completed the English Course. A fascinating look at turn-of-the-century teacher's education. paperback books
1840044214Paris: Baudry's Eureopean Library 1840. Early Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition. 8 volumes in brown cloth backed boards. Wear to the cloth with tears and loss on a few of the spines two of the spines laid back down bindings generally sound. Mild to moderate foxing throughout owner stamps on titles. 3 folding maps one with color. Light wear in a few spots tear in one gutter foxed. Size: Octavo 8vo. 8-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Inventory No: 044214. <br/><br/> Baudry's Eureopean Library hardcover books
1820045246London: J. Compton 1820. Later Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Early boards rebacked in red morocco. A scarce reprint of the 1591 pamphlet detailing Glemham's actions against the Spanish as an English privateer aboard the 240 ton ship the Edward Constance. 11 leaves including the title and rear blank unpaginated. A bit dusty and stained at the edges scattered foxing heavier to title. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Ships & the Sea. Inventory No: 045246. <br/><br/> J. Compton hardcover books
1849046751Mexico: La Voz de la Religion 1849. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Full acid calf spine label a bit worn small burn mark to front cover title penciled to an added endpaper old withdrawn bookplate from Yale at rear. Details an episode where a Chilean ship the Natalia was stopped in Mazatlán during the Mexican-American war when it was believed to be carrying contraband meant for the Americans in California. Eventually it was searched and allowed to continue to Hawaii. 78pp<br/><br/>Sabin 40135 Catálogos de la Biblioteca nacional de México 321 Size: duodecimo 12mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Americana. Inventory No: 046751. La Voz de la Religion hardcover books
1868CAT000125Paris: E. Dentu 1868. First Edition. Hardcover rebound in cloth. Very Good. Rebound in modern blue cloth original wraps bound in but worn and chipped with tape repairs. Otherwise only scattered foxing and a few inexpertly opened pages. Vicaire 623. xxiv 435pp.<br/><br/>Covers from Ancient Greece through the Middle Ages and through the Early Modern period up to Napoleon and the present day. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; History. Inventory No: CAT000125. E. Dentu hardcover books
1833045117Paris: Paulin 1833. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Two volumes bound in one in quarter green leather. Foxing early on but otherwise quite clean internally. 311pp; 251pp and 4 pages of ads. Inscribed by the author "a mon ami Albert Stapfer". Philipp Albert Stapfer politician and proponent of Kant was a contemporary of Viardot. Size: Octavo 8vo. 2-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 045117. <br/><br/> Paulin hardcover books
1868List1022Oberlin 1868. Albumen photographs 2 ½ x 3 ½ inches on larger mounts. Some fading to one of the photographs other image with excellent contrast near fine condition overall. Near Fine. An uncommon early pair of views of the Second Ladies' Boarding House at Oberlin College in the 1860s taken at a time when Oberlin was one of few coeducational colleges having first admitted women in 1837. Oberlin's Second Ladies Hall was built in 1861-1863 and featured Itlianate architecture and a rooftop balcony. The building was opened for student accommodations in 1865. The first floor held an assembly room a reading room a dining room parlors and stewards' quarters. The second and third floors housed 100 women. The building was destroyed by a fire in 1889. unknown books
1842045059London: Fisher Son & Co 1842. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition. W.H. Bartlett. 3 volumes in publishers gray cloth - modest wear to covers light spotting in a few spots. Scattered foxing and browning internally most of the plates age toned but still quite attractive. With 14 of 15 of the fine Bartlett plates lacking the plate depicting the Schuylkill Water-Works in volume two. 573pp;536pp; 600pp. Howes B922 Sabin 8896. Size: Octavo 8vo. 3-volume set complete. Illustrator: W.H. Bartlett. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Americana; History. Inventory No: 045059. <br/><br/> Fisher, Son, & Co hardcover books
1846046001London: The Percy Society 1846. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition. Original brown cloth bookplate of De Guinzbourg from his proverb library on the front pastedown. Modest foxing; a very nice copy. The first of Denham's tracts published between 1846 and 1859. Scarce. iv 73pp. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; History. Inventory No: 046001. <br/><br/> The Percy Society hardcover books
186625041Stuttgart Germany: Wilhelm Nitzschke 1866. 16 pages; the 'pages' are a heavy cardstock with numerous identified hand-colored illustrations on each. Nature historical events war the seasons modern transportation and other subjects are depicted. German text throughout; the final leaves offer the alphabet in both the German Gothic and more modern Latin style of typeface. No copyright date; internal evidence suggests 1866. Small booksellers ticket of E. Steiger 22 & 24 Frankfort St. New York on front endpaper. The volume approx. 9 5/8" x 13 1/2" size; covers detached spine cloth gone. Much wear rubbing to the covers; contents with some soiling wear experienced the usage of children; title page with some paper-rubs at inner margin; generally illustrations bright; in good condition overall. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Wilhelm Nitzschke hardcover books
1817046073Madrid: Repulles 1817. Third Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. 4 volumes in contemporary acid calf modest wear at edges corners worn a little dry in spots surface scrapes to leather in spots; scattered minor dampstains foxing browning old embossed stamp to title binding for vol 3 not quite uniform. Clean and sound overall. 489pp; 586pp; 493pp; 563pp Size: Octavo 8vo. 4-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Military & Warfare; History. Inventory No: 046073. <br/><br/> Repulles hardcover books
184519523West Chester Pa.: Printed at the Office of the "Village Record 1845. Neat archival repairs on the verso to tears; paper stock browned; in very good condition. Broadside approx. 12 x 12 inches on laid paper roughly trimmed. A striking broadside advertising eight weekly lectures at "the Cabinet" beginning on Thursday the 23rd of January with tickets available at Wm. P. Townsend's Temperance Hotel the design of the course and the broadside itself are both suggestive of the contemporary trade in popular entertainment combined with education. Printed at the Office of the "Village Record, unknown books
180819596Philadelphia: Published by Johnson & Warner; Lydia R. Railey ! for Bailey Printer 1808. Second Philadelphia edition the first appearing in 1803. Some foxing; a little chipped at the head of the spine calf a bit rubbed and the spine label just a bit worn at one corner; a very good copy. 12mo original calf red morocco label gilt lettering 4 140 pages. Engraved frontispiece four plates plus woodcut illustrations in the text. From an English work published by Newbery as early as 1762 but updated for an American audience; Karpinski attributes the work to Goldsmith Welch suggests Newbery as the editor of the English edition. Nipps Lydia Bailey 8; Welch 949.2; Karpinski page 149; Rosenbach 376 which notes updates for an American audience--including mention of Dr. Franklin of Philadelphia as well as in a passage on fossils "lately in the state of New-York the bones of an enormous quadruped have been discovered underneath the surface of the earth" this with a footnote "A complete skeleton of this animal is not to be seen at Peale's Museum in Philadelphia.--Ed. Published by Johnson & Warner; Lydia R. Railey [! for Bailey], Printer, unknown books
189125493<p>"<i>.neither have the right to inflict punishment or impose restrictions that will maim or injure the health of the children. As to the particular case under consideration I cannot believe that you are unduly severe or that your restrictions and exactions will hurt a robust stubborn pupil.</i>"</p> <b>EDUCATION. GEORGE N. SHEPARD.</b>Autograph Letter Signed as Chairman of the School Board to Mary D. Webster October 5 1891 West Epping New Hampshire. 2 pp. and envelope.<p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Complete Transcript</b></p><p> <i>West Epping N.H.</i></p><p> <i>Oct. 5 1891</i></p><p><i>Dear Miss Webster</i></p><p> <i>Yours of the 3d inst. is at hand.</i></p><p> <i>Your school supplies as ordered are sent by mail this morning. We have no Swinton's Second Readers now on hand therefore I put in for you a McGuffy's Second Reader which I hope will serve your purpose.</i></p><p> <i>In relation to authority of teachers you perhaps already understand that they have the same as parents while the children are under their care and that neither have the right to inflict punishment or impose restrictions that will maim or injure the health of the children.</i></p><p> <i>As to the particular case under consideration I cannot believe that you are unduly severe or that your restrictions and exactions will hurt a robust stubborn pupil.</i> <2> <i>Of course you will be expected to discriminate so as to properly modify your discipline to suit each particular case and be especially tender with such as are weak and frail physically or mentally. Try to place yourself in the same relation to the children under your care and instruction as that of a faithful conscientious mother possessed of good sound common sense who while she loves her children with a true and motherly love is profoundly impressed with the importance and necessity of restraining them and of training them in habits of studiousness and industry as well as all the other useful activities and you will have a guiding principle that will never lead you very far in wrong methods.</i></p><p> <i>My decision then is this you have a right in general to deprive a pupil of part of the regular noonday intermission and mid-session recesses to make up delinquencies provided that you substitute a sufficient number of recesses by himself alone. This is indeed a most fitting discipline to apply to a pupil who stubbornly and persistently wastes in idleness the time regularly assigned for study.</i></p><p> <i>Yours truly</i></p><p> <i>G. N. Shepard</i></p><p> <i>Ch. Sch. Bd. of Epping.</i></p><p><b>George N. Shepard</b> 1824-1903 was born in Epping New Hampshire and educated in the public schools and at Hampton Academy. He married Rowena Lawrence Thyng 1823-1911 in 1845. He taught school was a land surveyor and served as a justice of the peace. By 1860 he was listed as a farmer living with his wife and four children. He represented West Epping in the state legislature from 1860 to 1862. During the Civil War he rose to the rank of captain in Company I of the 11th New Hampshire Infantry from 1862 to 1865. He was wounded at both the Battle of Fredericksburg and the Battle of Cold Harbor. Afterwards he returned to farming then engaged in the mercantile and lumber business. He was postmaster of West Epping from 1876 to at least 1895 and chairman of the school board from 1886 to at least 1895.</p><p><b>Mary D. Webster</b> 1854-1935 was born in New Hampshire. By 1870 both she and her older sister Sarah 1848-1929 were school teachers still living with their parents in West Epping Chester township southeastern New Hampshire. By 1910 the two unmarried sisters still lived together in Chester township but Mary listed her occupation as farming at home.</p> books
1820042947Dublin: W. Folds 1820. Early Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Good Condition. Half leather heavily worn binding shaken and reinforced with old cloth tape on the rear joint but still holding scattered foxing and browning. 7 plates Earl of Cork plate foxed the rest mostly clean. 6 478 xcvii pp. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Archaeology. Inventory No: 042947. <br/><br/> W. Folds hardcover books
1847042349London: Wiley and Putnam 1847. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition. Full green publishers cloth some spotting on front board two small splits to cloth on spine lightly bumped corners. Very light scattered foxing otherwise clean. Title is a cancel from the American edition of the same year issued in wraps both in Wiley & Putnam's Library of American Books. The cloth issue is even scarcer than the US wraps issue. 71pp. Whittier's second work of prose. BAL 21753 This is the first UK edition. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 042349. <br/><br/> Wiley and Putnam hardcover books
1824044209London: J. Robins 1824. Later Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. 4 volumes in half reverse calf over marbled boards with attractively gilt spines 1824-26. Each volume with a frontis and in text illustrations throughout. Moderate foxing throughout small water droplet mark to one frontis otherwise clean. An attractively bound set of this popular history of the unsavory. iv 518 2; 500 2; 499 3; 404 2pp. Size: Octavo 8vo. 4-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; History. Inventory No: 044209. <br/><br/> J. Robins hardcover books
1836250119Vienna: Mechitaristen-Congregations-Buchhandlung 1836. Engraved title A. Hofbauer sc. and 72 lithographic or engraved plates by Seipp Boehm Rieder Weinrauch Zastera on 70 leaves including two folding plates 67-68 world historical map Friedrich Treu lith.; 70-71 world ethnographical map. Plates 32 and 39 bound out of order. Without text volumes. 1 vols. 4to. Quarter calf and brown cloth. Some external rubbing minor soiling to a few plates fold of 70-71 a bit toned generally clean. Very good. Engraved title A. Hofbauer sc. and 72 lithographic or engraved plates by Seipp Boehm Rieder Weinrauch Zastera on 70 leaves including two folding plates 67-68 world historical map Friedrich Treu lith.; 70-71 world ethnographical map. Plates 32 and 39 bound out of order. Without text volumes. 1 vols. 4to. Finely detailed plates of symbolic and instructional images for use in educating deaf-mutes including hand signals prepared by Czech director of the Institute for Deaf Mute instruction in Vienna. Plate 72 shows a chart for 1837 of European Institutions for Deaf-Mute Instruction and also for the Blind with comparative distances.<br/><br/>Plate volume only without the accompanying text. Mechitaristen-Congregations-Buchhandlung unknown books
1859045071Paris: E. Dentu 1859. Second Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Leather backed marbled boards wear at edges hinges a little rubbed; a bit of foxing mostly early on. 318pp with an attractive folding map of California at the rear with a small crease and light foxing. Howes M198 Sabin 38700. Aristocrat connoisseur of colonialism gambler possible pirate. The Count set sail for San Francisco after failing to make a go of it in Algeria and France. He fell in love with Sonora and mounted an expedition to secure its independence that ended with him meeting a firing squad in 1854. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Exploration; History. Inventory No: 045071. <br/><br/> E. Dentu hardcover books
185726793United Kingdom: Various 1857. United Kingdom: various dates and publishers as below. Group of speeches and political pamphlets bound in one volume; as they appear and including: Rules and Regulations of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by Alexander Thom. 1863. 31 pages; first and last leaves a little spotty trimmed close at bottom edges. Previous owner note at top edge in pencil "by John Stuart Mill Sir Robert Lowe and others." Rules and Regulations of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland. Dublin: Printed by Alexander Thom. 1866. 29 pages; also trimmed close at bottom edge. Speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Bill for the Extension of the Suffrage in Towns. May 11 1864. Second Edition. John Murray 1864. With a couple of previous owner blue-pencil notes: "If the speech does not mean "manhood suffrage" what does it mean" and later in the Speech "like Sibthorp he has no confidence in either party." And marking a section "A hint for agitators to follow and a threat to intimidate his opponents" and a couple of other comments; this closely read & commented-upon. Couple of spots very good. Borough Franchise Extension Bill. The Speech of the Rt. Hon. Robert Lowe M.P. Upon the Second Reading of Mr. Baines' Bill for the Extension of the Borough Franchise Delivered in the House of Commons on Wednesday May 3rd 1865. London: Bickers and Son. 16 pages. Previous owner initial at top of title page edge. 1831-32 A Sketch. Reprinted from "Fraser's Magazine" of February 1862. By Lord Campbell. London: William Ridgway 1866. Previous owner name of Joseph Radcliff at top of title page edge. 49 pages. Parliamentary Reform Considered as a Question of Principle and not of Party. Dedicated by Permission to the Right Hon. Earl Grey by Edward J. Gibbs M.A. London: William Ridgway & William Parke. Not dated. 51 pages. Speech of the Right Hon. E. Horsman M.P. on the Second Reading of Mr. Baines' Borough Franchise Extension Bill in The House of Commons May 8th 1865. Westminster: Vacher and Sons 1865. 29 pages. Plea of the Unrepresented Commons for Restitution of Franchise. An Historic Enquiry. By Thomas Chisholm Anstey Esq. of the Honorable Society of the Middle Temple. London: William Ridgeway 1866. 143 pages. Speech of the Right Hon. Robert Lowe M.P. on the Irish Tenant-Right Bill; and A Letter of Lord Oranmore's to 'The Times.' Reprinted at the Expense of an Irishman. London: Trubner and Co. 1866. 22 pages. Name of Joseph Radcliff at top of title page edge. The Growth of our Law of Personal Property. An Introductory Lecture. Delivered to the Law Students at King's Inn. By William O'Connor Morris Esq. Barrister-at-Law Professor of the Law of Personal Property Pleadings and Evidence to the Hon. Society of the King's Inns Dublin. Dublin: Hodges Smith & Co. 1863. 24 pages. The History and Uses of The Law of Entail and Settlement. Buy Charles Neate Barrister-at Law Fellow of Oriel College and Member of Parliament for the City of Oxford. London: William Ridgway 1865. 44 pages. Considerations on the Punishment of Death. By Charles Neate Esq. Barrister-at Law Fellow of Oriel College and Member of Parliament for the City of Oxford. London: James Ridgway 1857. 83 pages. Speech of John Stuart Mill Esq. M.P. Etc. Speech only; no additional title page; 8 pages. Colophon notes as Judd & Glass Phoenix Printing Works London E.C. Representation of the People Bill. Second Reading. Speech of the Right Hon. Robert Lowe M.P. House of Commons Thursday April 26 1866. London: Robert John Bush. 31 pages. Name of Joseph Radcliff at top of title page edge. Reform Bill 1866. Epitome of the Debate on the Motion of the Rt. Hon. W.E. Gladstone for Leave to Bring in a Bill To Extend the Franchise in England and Wales 12th and 13th March 1866. London: Harrison 1866. 74 pages. Speech of H. Hussey Vivian Esq. M.P. F.G.S. on the Coal Question: Delivered in the House of Commons Tuesday June 12 1866. London: William Ridgway 1866. 61 pages. Last few leaves spotty. Approx. 6" x 8 1/4" size; bound in marbled paper covered boards polished calf corners and spine with simple dotted line and rules red leather spine label gilt titles all edges marbled endpapers to match. Some edge tips wear and rubbing to the binding; in very good condition. . Ephemera. Leather. Very Good. Various books
1894WRCAM55632Hampton Va.: Printed by students of the Institute 1894. 8pp. Illus. Small octavo. Original pictorial self- wrappers. Minor soiling light wear. Very good plus. A rare fundraising appeal from the illustrious Hampton Normal Institute aimed specifically at the members of the Christian Endeavor Society in 1894. The pamphlet was written by Principal Hollis B. Frissell and printed by the African American and Native American students at the institute. The pamphlet includes several photographs of the campus and the classroom along with a group shot of the "Class of '94." The purpose of the pamphlet is stated in the second paragraph of text: "This leaflet is prepared especially for the Christian Endeavor Society in hopes that with the information it gives of Hampton Institute and its needs it will arouse interest among young Christians in our work and bring our cause before you as an object worthy of your Christian charity." Frissell then expounds upon the training of the "head" "hand" and "heart" of the Hampton students before enumerating his institution's funding needs. Donations may be contributed to the institute's general fund or earmarked for the establishment of one-time or endowed scholarships or given to the missionary fund the "apparatus fund" the housekeeping fund or as a subscription to THE SOUTHERN WORKMAN. <br> <br> Hampton Institute apparently issued similar pamphlets under the same title on a regular if not an annual basis in the 1890s though whether they issued more than one per year is not known and any differences are likely only found in the text. OCLC records just seven copies of an 8pp. pamphlet from 1894 with this wrapper title which we assume is the same as the present copy though we cannot be sure. It appears that the present copy differs from at least the copies at Duke and Wisconsin which are dated in print by Frissell "September 1894." It is possible even likely that the Hampton Institute issued this appeal targeted at the Christian Endeavor Society as well as other more general fundraising pamphlets in the same year. In any case it is a rare appeal from a significant African American and Native American educational institution. OCLC 6876159. Printed by students of the Institute unknown books
189241503Mecklenburg VA 1892. Sewn gatherings disbound with remanants of perished leather spine. Wear and soiling throughout; some chips occasionally causing minimal textual loss; last leaf quite ragged to inner margin significantly affecting final third of text. Writing in general legible and neat. Good condition withal. 29 leaves of lined wove paper including 4 half-leaves. Lacking first leaf pp 1 - 2 of lecture notes; 4 stubs. Inconsistently hand-numbered throughout.Manuscript notes in ink and/or pencil to recto and verso of leaves with varying amounts of writing per pg. ~1500 words. Some intratextual hand-drawn illustrations and graphs to lecture notes. 11-1/2" x 7-1/2" <br/><br/>A notebook that appears to have been intended for lecture notes kept by Presley Llewellyn Hinton Jr. during a science class at Randolph-Macon College from 1858 - 59 but that was employed for several different purposes by other members of his family during the same period and throughout the Civil War. The Hintons were slaveholders owning at least 13 slaves according to the 1860 slave schedule and longtime prominent members of the community. The lecture notes which comprise hand-numbered pp 3 - 30 and 51 - 55 are from lectures taught by B. Puryear Professor of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy; subjects covered include fairly introductory material regarding dew evaporation electricity elements of chemistry hydrogen and nitrogen gas carbon etc. and the like. Following the first section of lecture notes three pages by one of the Hinton parents we speculate Mrs. Hinton detail Presley’s service in the Confederate Army Company A 3rd Virginia Cavalry as well as that of his brother William from 1861 - 63 largely their leave-taking and visits home: “My Son William Emmet Hinton joind the Confederate Army and left home on the 14th day May 1861 to join his company Mecklinburg Cavalry at Lockets Store near Lombardy Grove. Many relatives and friends met . . . to take leave of their dear sons relations & friends who consented with cheerfulness to leave their quiet and happy homes to battle against our enemy the Yankee who are worse than Indian savages Yea to go through all the hardships privations difficulties and attending a camp life. . . . My Son Presley Lewellyn Hinton joind the Confederate Army and left home on the 26th day May 1861 . . . He would have gone on with his brother William but he was not prepared as he had just returned from the University of Virginia . . .” Approximately 15 remaining pages interrupted by the last section of Presley’s lecture notes are filled with a detailed account record of tuition charged for teaching the daughters and some sons of local families which we speculate was kept by the boys’ sister primarily because of the type of lessons taught. These included piano lessons worsted work and samplers grammar arithmetic geography the history of England and philosophy; fees for ink copy books and other supplies are also included. Another account record follows for bonds of some sort in the same hand as other and a love letter from Presley to a Miss Annie fills both recto and verso of the final leaf. Interspersed with these and sometimes written over top in pencil are the youthful scribblings and pencilled math work of James H. Palmer also of Mecklinberg dated 1892; he appears to have used the manuscript for scrap paper. All in all a uniquely faceted manuscript illustrating many aspects of the life of one Virginia family during the Civil War as well as the paper shortages that likely occasioned such thrift. hardcover books
186845516Colombo: printed for the Christian Vernacular Education Society 1868. 12mo pp. 30; engraved title page; original stiff blue pictorial wrappers; spined ends cracked else very good. Despite the title this small pamphlet covers not only the geography of the island of what is now the country of Sir Lanka but also the people commerce and government. One copy in OCLC as of March 2021 at the NYPL. <br/><br/> printed for the Christian Vernacular Education Society unknown books
18792316Connecticut 1879. Near Fine. Archive of 13 handwritten manuscript essays composed by a Connecticut schoolgirl. Comprised of approximately 40 pages of autograph material written in ink by the same neat hand and signed "Carrie Breed." In addition to titles the majority of essays are dated and include Breed's school name and location. An exciting and interesting look into the work of a diligent young woman excited in particular about the female authors of her own time.<br/><br/>Founded in 1851 Parker Academy was a boarding school that boasted "a healthy location a tidy village an orderly community and a most beautiful valley with pleasant surroundings -- a good place for an institution of education" Historic Buildings of Connecticut. While little else is known about the school the manuscript assignments of Carrie Breed reveal a curriculum that emphasized traditional feminine skills such as polite conversation and elegant handwriting as well as more rigorous subjects including literature composition and botany. The earliest works contained in this archive are three copy exercises assigned to Carrie to practice forming her handwriting; and they speak to her own burgeoning literary interests. The first "Scenes of Childhood" is an assignment drawn from Charles Northend's The American Speaker Being a Collection of Pieces in Prose Poetry or Dialogue Designed for Exercises in School 1856. Yet the two that follow later in the academic year of 1875-76 appear to be selections chosen by Carrie herself as an instructor has added pencil notations "taken from Miss Alcott in Little Women." Published not even a decade before Alcott's novel about sisterhood and women's lives made an impact on girls across America; and here with more assertive mature penmanship Carrie copies out the long passages of "My Beth" and "In the Garrett" written by Alcott's character the aspiring author Jo. <br/><br/>The remaining essays in the archive contain Carrie's own reflections and writing as she matures as a student and thinker. Content is largely focused on moral concepts such as Influence Benevolence and Hospitality although two essays also consider the domestic work of cultivating house plants and performing house cleaning. In two essays Carrie reflects on her relationship to the seasons and to the experience of walking in the woods. The final essay as she nears the end of her time in school and likely reflects on her future as a wife and mother she writes on Filial Trust. As the months and academic years pass it is possible to see her penmanship and her thinking begin to change from those of a girl into those of a young woman with her own mind.<br/><br/>With rich research possibilities in fields including but not limited to the history of women's education paleography contemporary receptions to women's literature the history of American education and gender studies. Near Fine. unknown books
18482532Brimfield MA 1848. Columbian Writing Book #7 Designed for Use in Schools. Blue stitched paper wraps with flag and manicule motifs to front cover and general directions for proper handwriting on rear cover. Completely filled and comprised of 20 densely written manuscript pages in ink and pencil created by Ada N. Kenney of Brimfield Mass who leaves her ownership information in pencil on the front wrap. A lovely and fascinating historical document tracing both the method by which a young woman developed her hand as well as how such lessons served the additional purpose of indoctrinating her into socially-appropriate femininity.<br/><br/>Ada Kenney's copybook contains a neat and precise hand throughout which suggests that she was educated and belonged to the rising middle class. Meticulous and organized Ada breaks her book into two clear sections. The first 9 pages contain precisely copied and repeated sentences such as "Assiduity in labor produces fame and fortune" "Cherish sentiments of charity towards all men" "Discretion of speech is superior to eloquence" and "Immodest words are in all cases indefensible." As the lines get repeated 19 times each in the alphabetical order dictated by the first word it is clear that Ada is being trained in an elegant cursive. Yet the content of the lines and their repetition also serve as lessons to her about the value of female silence virtue and chastity. By the second half of the book Ada commits another 9 pages to carefully copying out poetry; and here her choices push up against the demure repetitions of the previous pages. "Long Fanny Gray" "The Troubedour" Gaily the Troubadour Touched his Guitar and "Highland Mary" are each ballads of romance and flirtation love and loss. These selections suggest a burgeoning interest in courtship and men as well as women's expressions of desire and jealousy. By the final 2 pages Ada shifts into much less organized quotations jotting down random lines of poetry in French and English alongside several names of friends and relatives. <br/><br/>A fascinating and valuable historical document with research potential including but not limited to paleography education theory and practice gender studies literature and poetry and the transmission of folk tales and folk music. unknown books