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A Museum for young gentlemen and ladies, or, A private tutor for little masters and misses: containing a variety of useful subjects ...: with letters, tales, and fables, for amusement and instruction; illustrated with cuts (p. 179)
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| Title | A Museum for young gentlemen and ladies, or, A private tutor for little masters and misses: containing a variety of useful subjects...: with letters, tales, and fables, for amusement and instruction; illustrated with cuts (p. 179) |
| Author | Newbery, John, 1713-1767; Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774 |
| Publisher | Carnan & Newbery
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| Publisher Location | England -- London
England -- Wiltshire -- Salisbury |
| Publication Date | 1773 |
| Printer | Collins, B. (Benjamin), 1717-1785
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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.
Seventh edition.
Lacks title page. Sometimes attributed to John Newbery, sometimes to Oliver Goldsmith.
Printed in introduction: "I am very much concerned when I see gentlemen of Fortune and Quality so wholly set upon Pleasure and Diversions, that they neglect all those Improvements in Wisdom and Knowledge which make them easy to themselves and Useful to the World. The greatest part of our British youth lose their Figure, and grow out of Fashion by the Time they are five and twenty. As soon as the natural Gaiety and Amiableness of young Men wears off, they have nothing left to recommend them, but lie by the rest of their Lives among the Lumber and Refuse of the Species. It sometimes happens, indeed, that for want of applying themselves in due Time to the Pursuit of Knowledge, they take up a Book in their declining Years, and grow very hopeful Scholars by the Time they are threescore. I must therefore, earnestly press my Readers who are in the Flower of their Youth, to labour at those Accomplishments which may set off their Persons when their Bloom is gone and to lay in timely Provisions for Manhood and old Age. In short, I would advise the Youth of fifteen to be dressing up every Day the Man of Fifty, or to consider how to make himself venerable at threescore. "
Contains an introductory chapter on rules of reading and pronounciation.
Table of contents: I. Directions for reading with elegance and propriety; II. The ancient and present state of Great Britain...; III. An account of the solar system; IV. Historical and geographical description of the several countries of the world...; V. An account of the arts and sciences; VI. Rules for behavior; VII. Advice to young persons...; VIII. Tables of weights and measures; IX. Explanation of abbreviations...; X. The seven wonders of the world; XI. Prospect and description of the burning mountain; XII. Dying words and behavior of great men...
This page depicts "The Image of Jupiter." The statue is sitting on an eagle and holding a sceptre of lightning rods. The accompanying text states that "Caligula endeavored to get it transported to Rome, but the persons employed in that attempt were frightened from their purpose by some unlucky accident." The other seven wonders of the world represented in this book include: the Temple of Ephesus, the Walls of Babylon, the Tomb of Pharos, the Pyramids of Egypt, the Tomb of Mausolus, and the Colussus of the Sun. |
| Contextual Notes | Oliver Goldsmith was an Anglo-Irish writer, poet, and physician known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766).
John Newbery was a British book publisher who helped make children's literature a sustainable and profitable part of the literary market. He also supported and published the works of Christopher Smart, Oliver Goldsmith and Samuel Johnson.
Newbery partnered with his step-brother Thomas Carnan to form the publishing company Carnan and Newbery. Following Newbery's death in 1767, Carnan continued publishing with Newbery's son, Francis, until 1782 and then published by himself until 1788. (The History of Children's Books, The Atlantic website). |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries; Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc.; Children's literature, English; Education -- Early works to 1800 |
| Category | Geography and travel
History
Natural sciences
Mathematics and arithmetic
Moral instruction
Elocution and rhetoric
Readers
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0098 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection AG104.M87 1773 |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | vi, 222 p.: illustrated; 12 x 8.5 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 A1 |
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