Friday, July 23, 2010

The Children's Picture-book of Useful Knowledge/Google Books

Title The Children's Picture-book of Useful Knowledge
Author Meredith Jones
Publisher Bell and Daldy, 1862
Length 260 pages
Overview

"Preface: In the 'Children's Bible Picture-Book', I told my little friends about God; how He made the world, with every living thing upon it, and sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to live, as a man, in it, that He might at last bring us to live with Him in heaven. In the Picture-Book of great and good men, I told them about men who had done great, or good, or useful deeds. I shall now tell them something about food, clothing, and shelter; for I sometimes hear children asking questions about these things, when there is no one at hand to answer them. Here they can read for themselves what they want to know, and when they have finished, they may, if they like, turn to the questions at the end of the book, and find out how much they remember of what they have read. For reading, without remembering, I must tell them, is of very little use."

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Outlines of History/Google Books

Title Outlines of History: Illustrated by Numerous Geographical and Historical Notes and Maps: Embracing: Part I. Ancient History, Part II. Modern History
Author Marcius Willson
Publisher Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & co., 1874
Overview

The Golden Deed Book: A Sixth Grade School Reader/Google books

Title The Golden Deed Book: A School Reader
Volume 6 of Golden rule series
Authors Elias Hershey Sneath, George Hodges, Edward Lawrence Stevens
Publisher Macmillan, 1913
Length 351 pages
Overview

Sunday, July 18, 2010

The Story of the Moors in Spain/Google Books

The Story of the Moors in Spain
Authors Stanley Lane-Poole, Arthur Gilman
Publisher G. P. Putnam's sons, 1886
Length 285 pages
Overview

Germany /Google Books

Germany
Story of the Nations
Authors Sabine Baring-Gould, Arthur Gilman
Publisher Unwin, 1886
Length 447 pages
Overview

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Captains of Industry/Google Books

Captains of Industry: A Book for Young Americans, by James Parton
Author James Parton
Publisher Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1891
Overview

1912 edition here.

Monday, July 12, 2010

A Little Candy Book for a Little Girl/Google Books

A little candy book for a little girl
Author Amy Harlow Lane Waterman
Publisher Page Co., 1918
Length 144 pages
Overview

Friday, July 9, 2010

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Little People and Their Homes in Meadows, Woods and Waters/Google Books

Little people and their homes in meadows, woods and waters
Authors Stella Louise Hook, Daniel Carter Beard, Harry Beard
Publisher Charles Scribner's Sons, 1888
Length 228 pages
Overview

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Friday, June 25, 2010

The Golden Galleon/Google Books

The golden galleon
Author Robert Leighton
Publisher Blackie, 1898
Overview

"This is a story of Queen Elizabeth's time(1591), just after the defeat of the
Spanish Armada. Mr. Leighton introduces in his work the great sea-
fighters of Plymouth town Hawkins, Drake, Raleigh, and Richard
Grenville." Source here.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

The Jack of All Trades(Boys' Leisure Ideas)/Google Books


The Jack of all trades: fair weather ideas
Author Daniel Carter Beard
Publisher C. Scribner's sons, 1904
Length 185 pages
Overview

Table of Contents

Monday, June 21, 2010

Text-book of Palaeontology/Google Books

Text-book of palaeontology
Volume 2 of Text-book of Paleontology, Charles Rochester Eastman
Author Karl Alfred von Zittel
Editor Charles Rochester Eastman
Publisher Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1902
Overview

Sunday, June 20, 2010

For Playground, Field and Forest: The Outdoor Handy Book‎/Google Books

For playground, field and forest: the outdoor handy book
Author Daniel Carter Beard
Publisher C. Scribner's sons, 1907
Length 496 pages
Overview

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Children's Book of Patriotic Stories: the Spirit of '76/Google Books

Children's book of patriotic stories: the spirit of '76
Editors Asa Don Dickinson, Helen Winslow Dickinson Dickinson
Publisher Doubleday, Page & Company, 1917
Length 305 pages
Overview