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The selector : being a new and chaste collection of visions, tales, and allegories, calculated for the amusement and instruction of the rising generation
The selector : being a new and chaste collection of visions, tales, and allegories, calculated for the amusement and instruction of the rising generation
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The selector : being a new and chaste collection of visions, tales, and allegories, calculated for the amusement and instruction of the rising generation

Date1797
Names
Format
Notes
The frontispiece is engraved on copper by Isaac Taylor after Richard Corbould.
Medium
DimensionsCover size: 17.8 cm x 10.8 cm (7 in. x 4 1/4 in.)
Extent
  • iv, 223 pages, 1 unpaginated leaf of plates (frontispiece)
Language
ProvenanceGift of Edgar Osborne in memory of Mabel Osborne
CollectionOsborne Collection of Early Children's Books
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession Number37131048637599D
Catalogue Record for Print Bookhttps://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Ntt=2314403
Mental amusement, or, The juvenile moralist : consisting of moral essays, allegories, and tales, interspersed with poetical pieces : calculated for the use of private families and public schools
Mental amusement, or, The juvenile moralist : consisting of moral essays, allegories, and tales, interspersed with poetical pieces : calculated for the use of private families and public schools
1798
Mental amusement, or, The juvenile moralist : consisting of moral essays, allegories, and tales, interspersed with poetical pieces calculated for the use of private families and public schools
Mental amusement, or, The juvenile moralist : consisting of moral essays, allegories, and tales, interspersed with poetical pieces calculated for the use of private families and public schools
1798
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1789
Trifles, or, Friendly mites towards improving the rising generation : being a collection of original pieces
Trifles, or, Friendly mites towards improving the rising generation : being a collection of original pieces
1800
Christmas tales : for the amusement and instruction of young ladies and gentlemen in winter evenings
Christmas tales : for the amusement and instruction of young ladies and gentlemen in winter evenings
1821
The parent's offering to a good child : a collection of interesting tales
The parent's offering to a good child : a collection of interesting tales
1811
The governess, or, Little female academy : being the history of Mrs. Teachum, and her nine girls with their nine days amusement : calculated for the entertainment and instruction of young ladies in their education
The governess, or, Little female academy : being the history of Mrs. Teachum, and her nine girls with their nine days amusement : calculated for the entertainment and instruction of young ladies in their education
1749
The prettiest book for children : being the history of the enchanted castle, situated in one of the fortunate isles, and governed by the giant Instruction
The prettiest book for children : being the history of the enchanted castle, situated in one of the fortunate isles, and governed by the giant Instruction
Approximately 1780-1800
Book cover; brown leather
The school for children, or, A selection of instructive and entertaining tales : proper to form the heart of infancy to the hatred of vice, and the love of virtue
1800
The school for children, or, A selection of instructive and entertaining tales : proper to form the heart of infancy to the hatred of vice, and the love of virtue
The school for children, or, A selection of instructive and entertaining tales : proper to form the heart of infancy to the hatred of vice, and the love of virtue
1800
Visions in verse : for the entertainment and instruction of younger mindsThe third edition
Visions in verse : for the entertainment and instruction of younger mindsThe third edition
1752
Visions in verse : for the entertainment and instruction of younger minds
Visions in verse : for the entertainment and instruction of younger minds
1751