Cobb's juvenile reader, no. 3

Date:

1842, ©1836.

Author:

Cobb, Lyman, 1800-1864.

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Call Number:

YH C654 C58 LOCAL

Publisher:

A.L. Dennis ;

Physical Description:

216 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : 1 illustration ; 15 cm

Notes:

"Containing interesting, historical, moral, and instructive reading lessons, composed of words of a greater number of syllables than the lessons in nos. I and II, and a greater variety of composition, both in prose and poetry, selected from the writings of the best American and English authors : to which are prefixed observations on the principles of good reading: designed for the use of larger children, in families and schools." LOCAL

Curator Notes:

1842 A.L. Dennis (Neward NJ) imprint, c 1836, new edition[based on earlier 1831 edition]; includes Observations on the Principles of Good Reading; includes remarkable essay on 'Diminution of the Indian Tribes (pp 72-74]; spine bound in brown leather, full-size labels pasted on front cover (copy of title page) and back cover (advertizing for Lyman Cobb's 'courses' in spelling, reading, and arithmetic)

Subjects:

Readers 1800-1870 and Readers

Chronological Terms:

1800 - 1870 fast