Description
Book SynopsisThis set provides a collection of conduct books for children during Victorian America, in a facsimile reprint of sixteen items, including numerous illustrations and plates. It includes reading books, educational books, poetry books, and picture books by well-known juvenile book authors such as John Abbot, Harvey Newcomb, Lydia Sigourney, and Louisa Tuthill, as well as small booklets circulated by the American Sunday School Union. By juxtaposing the writings on girls and boys by the same author or institutions, this collection offers an interesting new perspective on gender studies as well as child studies.
Table of ContentsConduct Books for Girls VolUME 1 (c. 630pp.) Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard) The Girl's Reading-Book in Prose and Poetry for Schools, 9th edn. (New York: J. Orville Taylor, 1839), c. 274pp. Abbott, John S. C. The School-Girl; or, the Principles of Christian Duty Familiarly Enforced (Boston: Crocker and Brewster, 1840), c. 180pp. Anon. The Girl's Medal: A Gift for All Seasons (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1842), c. 174pp. VolUME 2 (c. 535pp.) Tuthill, Mrs I will be a Lady, a Book for Girls, 3rd edn. (Boston: W. M. Crosby and H. P. Nichols, 1845), c. 167pp. Belcher, Joseph Facts for Girls (New York: Lewis Colby & Co., 1847), c. 144pp. Newcomb, Harvey How to be a Lady (Boston: Gould, Kendal, and Lincoln, 1852), c. 224pp. Conduct Books for Boys VolUME 3 (c. 760 pp.) Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard) The Boy's Reading Book (New York: Taylor & Clement, 1839), c. 321pp. Abbott, John S. C. The School Boy or Guide for Youth to Truth and Duty (Boston: Crocker and Brewster, 1839), c. 180pp. Anon. The Boys' Scrap Book (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1839), c. 255pp. VolUME 4 (c. 520 pp.) Tuthill, Mrs. I will be a Gentleman, a Book for Boys, 14th edn. (Boston: W. M. Crosby and H. P. Nichols, 1848), c. 148pp. Belcher, Joseph Facts for Boys, 5th edn. (New York: Lewis Colby & Co., 1848), c. 144pp. Newcomb, Harvey How to be a Man, a Book for Boys, 5th edn. (Boston: Gould, Kendal, and Lincoln, 1848), c. 224pp. Conduct Books for Boys and Girls VolUME 5 (c. 445pp.) Anon. A Picture Book for Little Boys and Girls (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1832), c. 16pp. Anon. The Boy's Token, bound with Good Advice for Boys and Girls (Worcester: S. A. Howland, 1843), c. 32pp. Anon. The Well-Bred Boy and Girl, or New School of Good Manners (two volumes) (Boston: B. B. Mussey and Co., 1850), c. 218pp Anon. Boy's and Girl's Scrap Book, Prose and Verse (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1852), c. 179pp.
