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| Title | The lady's companion; or, Sketches of life, manners, and morals, at the present day (title page) |
| Author | Unknown |
| Publisher | H.C. Peck & Theodore Bliss
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| Publisher Location | United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia |
| Publication Date | 1858 |
| Printer | L. Johnson and Company
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| Illustrator | Unknown
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| Image Production Process | Relief prints--wood engravings
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| Notes | Illustrated with uncolored wood engravings.
This book is written for the woman who has learned how to "mingle the useful and the agreeable, and to exhibit a uniformity of noble design amid a variety of beautiful forms." Guidelines for the conduct of life are presented using literature and poetry, and specific topics covered include: The influence of women in society; Dropping in to tea; What women think of men; Do women choose their husbands?; Woman's faith; The duties of mistresses to servants; and, Shop-women out of the shop.
Printed on the title page: Edited by a Lady. New Illustrated Edition.
A full text version of the 1854 edition of this title is available at: http://books.google.com/books?id=YwJcNOszvI0C&ots=XS1pk0BsdK&dq=%22lady's%20companion%22%20%22sketches%20of%20life%22&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=false |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Women -- Literary collections |
| Category | Manners and social etiquette
Moral instruction
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0395 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection PN6071.W7 L33 1858 |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | 288 p., [6] leaves of plates: illustrated ; 18.5 x 12.5 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 checklist A.69 |
