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Peter Parley's method of telling about geography to children (frontispiece and title page)
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| Title | Peter Parley's method of telling about geography to children (frontispiece and title page) |
| Author | Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 |
| Publisher | H. and F.J. Huntington
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| Publisher Location | United States--Connecticut--Hartford |
| Publication Date | 1830 |
| 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.
The frontispiece depicts Peter Parley suffering from gout warning the children "if you run against my toe, I'll not tell you another story"
Printed on the title page: With nine maps and seventy-five engravings. Principally for the use of schools.
Additional publishers listed on the title page are: New York, Collins and Hannay; Boston, Carter and Hendee; Philadelphia, Towar J. and D.M. Hogan; Baltimore, Plaskitt and Company; Washington, P. Thompson.
This book attempted to incorporate lessons of morality and religion into the text. The history of Asia, for example, emphasizes events that took place in the Old Testament.
Preface reads: "I hope I need make no apology for having availed myself of occasional opportunities to inculcate lessons of morality and religion upon the youthful heart. The heart is as capable of being taught as the intellect, and happiness depends much more upon its proper and right cultivation, than upon the cultivation of the mind. Yet I fear that the moral part of children, the source of feeling and sentiment is often left to run to weeds, and consequently shoots up into wild, irregular, and sometimes over-mastering passions. The sooner the juvenile bosom can be made to feel the gentle and genial influences of truth, love, humanity, and religion, the better. A principal thing to be aimed at on this subject, is to adapt moral instruction to the character of those whom it is designed to benefit, and carefully to avoid wearying and disgusting children with unsuitable and unseasonable admonition." |
| Contextual Notes | Samuel Goodrich was born in Ridgefield, Connecticut, the 6th of ten children and the son of a minister, in 1793. His career as a book publisher began in 1816. In the early 1820s Goodrich came to the conclusion that children as well as adults preferred to read truth rather than fancy and that it would be possible to present history, geography, science, etc. ( truth) in such a way that it would be more interesting to children than fairies, giants and monsters. Based on this conclusion Goodrich moved his business to Boston and Peter Parley was born in 1827 with PETER PARLEY'S TALES ABOUT AMERICA. Goodrich expanded his publishing efforts to textbooks and magazines. His publications were so popular that he attracted imposters, particularly in England. Spurious Peter Parleys appeared everywhere, infuriating Goodrich, but he did not succeed in putting an end to them.
The frontispieces of many Peter Parley books depict the author in varying states of health. Although he is often portrayed as an older man, he was actually a young man in the 1820s and 1830s. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Geography--Juvenile literature |
| Category | Peter Parley
History
Geography and travel
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0721 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | 114 p.: illustrated; 14 x 12 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 13.2 |
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