Stories from old-fashioned children's books brought together and introduced to the reader (1900)
Tuer, Andrew White, 1838-1900 · London : The Leadenhall Prefs, Ltd. · leaf 14
title of whichwas duly read aloud, to each of his patrons—mamma, governess and children. This he calleddiscount for ready money, which mightilyamused the whole party. In a list of hispublications at the end of a charmingly X INTRODUCTORY. illustrated Collection of Simple Stories (seep. 129), Mr.… … •Our grandmothers, to whom some of thelittle books in this collection were speciallyaddressed, took delight in cutting out paper,an art demanding keen scissors and keenereyes, which was taught as a fashionable XI INTRODUCTORY. accomplishment. Ackermann published copieson Bath Post of landscapes and…
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