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| Title | The Nursery: a monthly magazine for youngest readers (cover) |
| Author | Various |
| Publisher | Nursery Publishing Company
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| Publisher Location | United States--Massachusetts--Boston |
| Publication Date | 1877 |
| Printer | Unknown
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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.
Stories, verses, and songs intended for children. Contents includes such titles as "A Day at the Beach", "The Lazy Shepard", The Spider and her Family", Eighth Lesson in Astronomy", " A Naughty Baby" and "Amy and Robert in China".
Printed in introductory remarks: "Its pages furnish just a variety as is best fitted to the wants of children from infancy up to the age of twelve years. In schools it is found to answer admirably as a first-Reader; and in remote districts where there are no schools, it takes the place of a teacher; for thousands of children have been taught to read by "The Nursery" alone".
This bound volume contains vol. 21 (1) to vol. 22 (1).
The cover depicts a group of children reading a book. |
| Contextual Notes | The Nursery was published from 1867 until 1881 when it merged into Our Little Ones and the Nursery. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Children's periodicals, American |
| Category | Readers
Periodicals
Natural sciences
Moral instruction
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0639 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | 2 v. in 1 (188, 188 p.): illustrated; 20 x 15 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original book at 400-600 dpi in TIFF format using a ScanMaker 6800, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2008. |
| Exhibit Checklist | Exhibit checklist 14.11 |
