The Sun-beam, a sequel to Georgy King and his pets

Full Record:

1863. Bruce. The Sun-beam, a sequel to Georgy King and his pets. [Illus. by Hyde]

Date:

1863

Author:

Bruce

Illustrator:

[Illus. by Hyde]

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Curator Notes:

$ amp 12-04; 1863 Tompkins (Boston) imprint, c 1863; a volume in her Life Stories for Children; Tompkins was a Universalist publisher of Sunday school and other denominational works; Elizabeth M. Bruce became an ordained Universalist minister and later edited a Sunday-school paper called The Myrtle; spine titles, design and vignette stamped in gold on brown cloth, front and back cover design blind stamped

Subjects:

Sunday school books, Boys' stories, Adolescents (13-19), Family stories, Deaths, Diseases - yellow fever, Genteel poverty, Sisters and brothers, Infants (0-2), Pre-schoolers (2-5), Dialects - child talk, Ministers, Girls' stories, Young adults (19-25), Romance stories, Religious stories, Louisiana - New Orleans, Massachusetts - Cambridge, Illustrated editions - black and white plates - engravings - wood engravings, and Illustrated editions - decorated initial