Research Catalog

Title

The home angel / by L.B. Urbino.

Author

Urbino, L. B. (Levina Buoncuore)

Publication

Boston : Wentworth and Company, 86 Washington Street, 1857.

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Additional Authors

• Wentworth & Company, publisher.
• Hobart and Robbins, stereotyper.

Description

VI, [1], 8-239, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill.; 19 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Alternative Title

Sunshine in the palace and cottage, or, Bright extremes in human life.

Subjects

• African Americans > Fiction
• Slavery > United States > Fiction

Note

• "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by Wentworth and Company, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts."--copyright statement, verso of title page.
• "Stereotyped by Hobart & Robbins, Boston."--verso of title page.
• Last page blank.
• Previously published at Boston, in 1854, under the title: Sunshine in the palace and cottage, or, Bright extremes in human life.

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

ch. 1. Esther's new home -- ch. 2. The presentation -- ch. 3. New plans -- ch. 4. A thrilling scene -- ch. 5. A kitchen scene -- ch. 6. Domestic economy -- ch. 7. The enchantment of benevolence -- ch. 8. Home trials -- ch. 9. Visit to America -- ch. 10. De Lacy's return -- ch. 11. Reverses of fortune -- ch. 12. Esther in adversity -- ch. 13. Esther's journal -- ch. 14. M. Le Gendre's death -- ch. 15. Oppression's devices -- ch. 16. Esther reaches her relatives -- ch. 17. De Lacy and his cousin -- ch. 18. Esther with her relatives -- ch. 19. Esther in her new home -- ch. 20. Meeting with De Lacy.

Call Number

Sc Rare Fic-U (Urbino, L. B. Home angel)

OCLC

• 666583
• NYPGR666583-B

Author

Urbino, L. B. (Levina Buoncuore)

Title

The home angel / by L.B. Urbino.

Imprint

Boston : Wentworth and Company, 86 Washington Street, 1857.

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare Fic-U (accession no. B594025) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Added Author

Wentworth & Company, publisher.

Hobart and Robbins, stereotyper.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Added Title

Sunshine in the palace and cottage, or, Bright extremes in human life.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare Fic-U (Urbino, L. B. Home angel)