HORT, W. JILLARD [ WILLIAM JILLARD HORT ABT. 1766 - ABT. 1849).] .

The New Pantheon; Or An Introduction To The Mythology Of The Ancients, For The Use Of Young Persons. To Which Are Added, An Accentuated Index. Questions For Excercise, And Poetical Illustrations... By W. Jillard Hort. A New edition .

London: Longmans, Green, Co. [c. 1830] . 0. A good original 19th century school book. 12mo. 5.75" x 4.0" x 0.75". pp.viii / pp.272 / pp.8 - - Adverts + folding frontis and 16 full-page engravings. Original brown cloth binding. Edges rubbed and bumped. Dulled gilt titles to spine. Signature to front endpaper: "E. Davey". Also, a small bookseller's blind stamp: "H. & C. Treacher, Brighton." Frontispiece engraved by S. Hall after a design by the author. Clear English text throughout. G+.

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Book number: 47879

Catalogue: Childrens: : 19th Century

Keywords: 49362 Treacher, Brighton Longmans, Green, Co. The New Pantheon William Jillard Hort Childrens: : 19th Century

THE TINY LIBRARY

The Tiny Library - The Silver Cup, And The Honest Deptford Boy.

London: S.W. Partridge and Co. [1872] . 0. Original illustrated binding. Maroon cloth. Panel stamp blocked in black with title, and series title in gilt, and colour illustrated onlay on upper cover. 4.3" x 3.9" x 0.2" (10.0cm x 11.2cm x 0.8cm . pp.64/[16pp. - Adverts] . Light foxing to half-title, otherwise clean text and illustrations. VG.

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Book number: 52251

Catalogue: Childrens: : 19th Century

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AUNT LOUISA. [ PSEUDONYM: VALENTINE, LAURA BELINDA CHARLOTTE (NEE JEWRY) 1814-1899 ] .

Aunt Louisa's Golden Gift. comprising Little Dame Crump, Hush-A-Bye Baby, Childhood's Delight, Tottie's Nursery Rhymes. With Twenty-Four Pages Of Illustrations Printed In Colours And Gold, From Original Designs By M. Tilsley .

London. Frederick Warne & Co, Bedford Street, Strand, [ no date - c.1875 ] . 0. A very good Victorian binding. Gilt cover illustration and titles. Some wear, hinges carefully strengthened at some time in the past. Previous owner's name to top of title-page. 4to, [6pp.]/pp.5/[2pp.]/pp.6/[2pp.]/pp.6/[2pp.]/pp.6 + 24 chromolithographic plates. All pages linen backed. 27.0cm x 23.8cm x 2.1cm. James notes this is probably by EVB. Publication date from Osborne Coll. Comprising Little Dame Crump, Hush-A-Bye Baby, Childhood Delight, Tottie's Nursery Rhymes with Twenty-Four pages of illustrations printed in Colours and Gold From Original Designs by M. Tilsley. Date taken from English Catalogue of Books. Chromolithographed plates are with signatures: "MT" [i.e. M. Tilsley] and "EB". Plates are with guard sheets. "Aunt Louisa" was a pseudonym of Laura Valentine, general editor of Warne's publishing house. * Referenced by: Osborne Coll. p. 689 ** "Attributed to Laura Valentine and dated by the Bodleian Library." - See COPAC. *** "Laura Belinda Charlotte Jewry (married name Laura Valentine, pen names Mrs. S. Valentine and Aunt Louisa; 1814–1899), was an Victorian English writer primarily known for her children literature. Her work was often produced in children series including Aunt Louisa's Toy Books, Aunt Louisa’s Big Picture Series, and The Young Folk's Shakespeare Series. Her literature often was educational, told of travel, or described the London scene. As an adult novelist, Laura Valentine specialized in florid historical romance. Her main novels were Kirkholme Priory (1847), The Vassal (1850), and the Cup and the Lip (1851). Laura Valentine expressed an expertise in Shakespeare, editing "The Works of William Shakespeare” and creating a number of children's versions of Shakespeare plays including The Merchant of Venice and The Tempest. Professionally, Laura Valentine was one of the chief editors of Frederick Warne & Co and the sole editor of Girl's Home Book and The Chandos Classics. Most of Laura Valentine's work was published through Frederick Warne & Co and T. C. Newby. Laura Valentine's full maiden name was Laura Belinda Charlotte Jewry after her father Admiral Jewry who served in the English navy. She was born at the Victory in England but at an early age connected with the Lord Elphinstone family. She spent her maiden life in India till she married Reverend Richard Valentine, a clergyman of the Church of England. However within 12 months of their marriage, she was widowed. Laura Valentine died at the age of 84 still an active writer. She was survived only by her sister Mary Jewry for five or six years." - See Wikipedia.

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Book number: 44674

Catalogue: Childrens: : 19th Century

Keywords: 46680 Frederick Warne & Co. Aunt Louisa. Pseudonym: Laura. Jewry. Valentine. Childrens: : 19th Century

THE TINY LIBRARY / CARUS-WILSON, MRS. (1787-1859)

The Tiny Library - Curious Jane.

London: S.W. Partridge and Co. [1873] . 0. Original illustrated binding. Blue cloth. Panel stamp blocked in black with title, and series title in gilt, and colour illustrated onlay on upper cover. 4.3" x 3.9" x 0.2" (10.0cm x 11.2cm x 0.8cm . pp.64/[16pp. - Adverts] . No front endpaper. Half-title present. Clean text and illustrations. VG. ** " WILSON, Anne Carus, formerly NEVILLE (1787-1859). She was born on 13 June 1787 and baptised on 14 July at St. Nicholas, Plumstead, Kent, the only daughter and eldest surviving child of Lieutenant Charles Neville (1760-1837) of the Royal Artillery, who achieved the rank of Lt.-General in 1825, and his wife Ann Colden Williamson (1763-98). They had married at St. Mary’s, Lambeth, in 1783. Nothing is known of her education but her younger brother, Strickland (1789-1852), was educated at Wadham College Oxford and entered the church. She married Rev. William Carus Wilson (1791-1859) on 31 Jan. 1815 at St. James’s, Westminster, London. They went on to have eight children. He had been educated at Trinity College Cambridge (BA 1815, MA 1819) and was initially refused ordination and a living due to his Calvinist beliefs. His wealth and influence eventually secured his entry into the established church and he is now remembered for endowing Casterton Clergy Daughters’ School, first established at Cowan Bridge in 1824, which Charlotte Brontë attended. She drew an unflattering portrait of him as the Calvinist hypocrite Rev. Robert Brocklehurst, of Lowood school, in Jane Eyre (1847). A generous and philanthropic man, he was certainly active in promoting the education of the poor and poor relief, but suffered from a dark imagination, a taste for cruelty, and a fear of hell, so Charlotte Brontë’s portrait, whilst it may only be from a child’s perspective, will probably stand the test of time. She attended the school 1824-5 so it is unclear what contact she would have had with Anne Wilson. It is, however, highly likely that Mrs Wilson produced her educational works for young children (all published locally at Kirby Lonsdale) for her husband’s school: A Mother’s Stories for Her Children (1828), A Mother’s Sermons (1829), Daily Meditations (1835). She died on 15 Nov. 1859, in London." - See Jackson Bibliography of Romantic Poetry.

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Book number: 52252

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