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The looking glass for the mind, or, Intellectual mirror (p. 158)
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| Title | The looking glass for the mind, or, Intellectual mirror (p. 158) |
| Author | Berquin, M. (Arnaud), 1747-1791 |
| Publisher | Newbery, E.
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| Publisher Location | England -- London |
| Publication Date | 1792 |
| Printer | Crowder, J. (John), d. 1830
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| Illustrator | Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828
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| Image Production Process | Relief prints--wood engravings
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| Notes | Illustrated with uncolored wood engravings.
Short stories that provide moral instruction for children.
This page depicts a young boy wearing a thin jacket and helping his father water their garden. In the background watching is another young boy dressed in nicer clothing. The accompanying story is entitled "Antony and Augustus, or a rational education preferable to riches." In the story, Antony's family is wealthy and can afford to give him everything he wants. As a result, he becomes soft in both mind and body and eventually dies of distemper brought on by overindulgence. Augustus' family is not rich but his father values education, work, and amusement. As a result, Augustus values his health, is happy, and is intelligent and eventually acquires a good job and has a happy family. The moral of the story is that folly and vice have fatal consequences while prudent management of one's life brings happiness. |
| Contextual Notes | The first edition of this title appeared in 1787 and was enormously successful with the seventeenth edition appearing in 1827. Because of the impossibility of enforcing copyright laws abroad, many printed editions appeared in America where Bewick's illustrations were copied by Alexander Anderson.
Thomas Bewick, the artist-engraver of Newcastle, had a genius for working in miniature. His vignettes were well suited to the small books for children. Bewick was an engraver on metal (an intaglio process) but is now best remembered for his engraving on wood (a relief process). He was born in 1753, He apprenticed with the engraver Ralph Beilby and later became his partner. His younger brother, John (1760-1795), also became an engraver, doing much work for John Newbery.
Arnaud Berquin was a French children's book author whose stories consisted of events that might happen to children in their everyday lives. He also wrote his books to encourage childhood reading as a family experience. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature |
| Category | Moral instruction
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL1235 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection. PQ1957.B455 A513 1792 |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | [8], 271 p., [1] leaf of plates: illustrated; 17 x 10.5 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 L.125 |
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