| Description |
xxiii, 1220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The life of Washington : with curious anecdotes, equally honorable to himself and exemplary to his young countrymen. Chapter I ; Chapter II : birth and education ; Chapter III ; Chapter XIII : character of Washington / Mason Locke Weems -- Hymen's recruiting sergeant, or, The new matrimonial tat-too, for the old bachelors, with some elegant songs / Mason Locke Weems -- American Tract Society. Tract no. 92 : the forgiving African : an authentic narrative ; Tract no. 128 : poor Sarah, or, The Indian woman ; Tract no. 175 : to mothers ; Tract no. 493 : beware of bad books -- American Tract Society. Tract no. 512 : murderers of fathers, and murderers of mothers / Rev. Edward Hitchcock, D.D., president of Amherst College ; Tract no. 515 : novel-reading. |
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Gift books. The pearl, or, Affection's gift : a Christmas and New Year's present. |
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Awful disclosures, by Maria Monk, of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal. Preface ; Chapter I : early recollections ; Chapter II : congregational nunnery ; Chapter VI : taking the veil ; Chapter VIII : description of apartments ; Chapter XVII : treatment of young infants ; Chapter XIX : the priests of the district ; Chapter XX : more visits / Maria Monk -- Sheppard Lee. Book I : containing instructions how to spend and how to retrieve a fortune ; Book VI : containing a history and a moral / Robert Montgomery Bird -- A treatise on domestic economy for the use of young ladies at home and at school. Chapter I : the peculiar responsibilities of American women ; Chapter XII : on domestic manners ; Chapter XIV : on habits of system and order ; Chapter XVI : on economy of time and expenses / Catharine Esther Beecher -- The Quaker city, or, The monks of Monk Hall : a romance of Philadelphia life, mystery, and crime. Preface to this edition ; Book the first : the first night / George Lippard -- The wife's victory ; The married shrew : a sequel to the wife's victory / Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth -- The illustrated self-instructor in phrenology and physiology with one hundred engravings, and a chart of the character. Section I : physiological conditions as affecting and indicating character ; Section II : phrenological conditions as indicating character / Orson Squire Fowler and Lorenzo Niles Fowler -- Reveries of a bachelor, or, A book of the heart / Ik Marvel (Donald Grant Mitchell) -- Uncle Tom's cabin, or, Life among the lowly : a domestic drama in six acts / George Aiken -- Ten nights in a bar-room and what I saw there / Timothy Shay Arthur. |
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Antiabolition tracts. The six species of men. |
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John Jenkins, or, The smoker reformed ; Muck-a-muck : a modern Indian novel : after Cooper ; The luck of roaring camp ; Miggles ; Plain language from Truthful James (The heathen Chinee) ; Further language from Truthful James ; The latest Chinese outrage / Bret Harte -- The silent partner / Elizabeth Stuart Phelps -- McGuffey's first eclectic reader : revised edition / William Holmes McGuffey -- Plucky Phil, of the mountain trail, or, Rosa, the red Jezebel : a tale of Siouxdom / Thomas Chalmers Harbaugh -- The master workman's oath, or, Coralie, the unfortunate : a love story, portraying the life, romance, and strange fate of a beautiful New York working-girl / Laura Jean Libbey -- In his steps : what would Jesus do? Chapter I ; Chapter II ; Chapter III ; Chapter IV ; Chapter V ; Chapter VI / Charles Monroe Sheldon. |
| Subject |
American literature -- 19th century.
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United States -- Civilization -- 19th century -- Literary collections.
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Popular literature -- United States.
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1800-1900.
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| Added Author |
Gutjahr, Paul C.
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| Added Title |
Popular American literature of the nineteenth century |
| ISBN |
0195141407 (acid-free paper) |
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9780195141405 (acid-free paper) |
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