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Cobwebs to catch flies, or, Dialogues in short sentences, adapted to children from the age of three to eight years (v.1, p. 58)
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| Title | Cobwebs to catch flies, or, Dialogues in short sentences, adapted to children from the age of three to eight years (v.1, p. 58) |
| Author | Lovechild, Mrs. (Lady Eleanor Frere Fenn), 1743-1813 |
| Publisher | Marshall, John
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| Publisher Location | England--London |
| Publication Date | ca. 1794 |
| Printer | Marshall, John
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| Illustrator | Unknown
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| Image Production Process | Relief prints--woodcuts
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| Notes | Illustrated with uncolored woodcuts.
Volume one of a two volume set.
This book uses the progressive method of teaching reading, starting with words of three to six letters in Volume 1 and "progressing" to words of one to four syllables according to the child's age in Volume II. The lessons are presented as a series of short, illustrated dialogues between mother and child or between two children. Because it focuses on the child's own experience and interests, it provides us with an invaluable insight into the everyday life and speech of the contemporary child.
In this lesson entitled "The Toy-Shop, " a boy and his mother visit a toy shop. When the boy cannot decide what to buy, his mother exhorts him to "know your own mind" because being indecisive "will do you harm all your life." The illustration shows the young boy and his mother at the toy shop purchasing a rocking horse and toy gun. On the counter are a toy lamb, goat, and cock which the boy has decided not to buy. |
| Contextual Notes | Lady Eleanor Frere Fenn wrote numerous short books for children in the 1780s under the pseudonyms "Mrs. Teachwell" "'Mrs. Lovechild" and "Solomon Lovechild." Her work proved popular, and her books did much to establish John Marshall as the predominant publisher of children's books in the 1780s and '90s.
Written in dialogues, this popular reader was in print throughout the nineteenth century. This book deviated from earlier readers in that was printed in large type with a spacious layout and contained simple illustrations that related directly to the text. |
| Category | Primers (Instructional books)
Moral instruction
Cautionary tales
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0003 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection. 372.4 F36c v.1 |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | 72 p.: illustrated; 15.5 x 10 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Photographed from original book in TIFF format using a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi/EOS 400D, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2009. |
| Exhibit Checklist | Exhibit checklist L.31 |
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