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Conversations on common things, or, Guide to knowledge : with questions : for the use of schools and families

Title
Conversations on common things, or, Guide to knowledge : with questions : for the use of schools and families / by a teacher.
Author
Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887.
Publication
Boston : Munroe and Francis ; New-York : Charles S. Francis, 1826.

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Book/TextPermit needed Schlosser 405Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

Details

Description
288 p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 ill.; 15 cm.
Alternative Title
  • Conversions on common things.
  • Guide to knowledge.
Subject
  • Science > Juvenile literature
  • Technology > Juvenile literature
  • Papermaking > Juvenile literature
  • Tapa > Juvenile literature
  • Tobacco > Juvenile literature
Note
  • "Conversation III ... Mother, of what is paper made?": p. 31-39; "You must further know that the natives of the Sandwich, and other of the Pacific Islands manufacture cloth from the bark of a tree, called the paper mulberry": p. 159.
  • "The first [question] is about tobacco ... Tobacco is an Indian plant ...": p. 133-134.
  • Frontispiece engraved by David C. Johnston.
Indexed In (note)
  • Shoemaker
Call Number
Schlosser 405
OCLC
NYPG90-B89695
Author
Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887.
Title
Conversations on common things, or, Guide to knowledge : with questions : for the use of schools and families / by a teacher.
Imprint
Boston : Munroe and Francis ; New-York : Charles S. Francis, 1826.
Edition
2nd ed., rev. and corr.
Indexed In:
Shoemaker 24356
Local Note
Schlosser Coll. copy imperfect; frontispiece and p. [1-5] wanting. Title page information transcribed from Shoemaker; other details from RLIN/MAAR record. Possibly a later ed. (cf. previous note).
Added Title
Conversions on common things.
Guide to knowledge.
Research Call Number
Schlosser 405
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