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Order Nr. 26560 CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF MARY (BELSON) ELLIOTT BLENDING SOUND CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES...
(Children's Books).

CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF MARY (BELSON) ELLIOTT BLENDING SOUND CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES WITH CHEERFUL CULTIVATION.

Winchester: St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1987. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxix, 142 pages. First edition. Near fine in near fine jacket. Mary Elliott (then Mary Belson) began writing for children in 1809, at a time when increasing literacy and wealth and more progressive understanding of the reading needs of children were creating a growing demand for more and more books for young people. Beginning with two books in verse - one a lively tale about town..... READ MORE

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Preface                                     vii 
Acknowledgements                           xiii 
List of  illustrations                       xv 
Abbreviations and symbols                  xvii 
Introduction                               xxii 
Books written by Mary Elliott                 1 
French translations                         117 
German translations                         136 
Index of Publishers and Booksellers         139 
Index of Printers, Engravers and Artists    141