The World's Fair: Or, Children's prize gift book of the Great Exhibition of 1851 : describing the beautiful inventions and manufactures exhibited therein : with pretty stories about the people who have made and sent them : and how they live when at home.Anonymous
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The World's Fair: Or, Children's prize gift book of the Great Exhibition of 1851 : describing the beautiful inventions and manufactures exhibited therein : with pretty stories about the people who have made and sent them : and how they live when at home.
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Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) -- Juvenile literature
"So concise and plain as to be at once adapted to the capacities and
volatility of young people, while they are useful compendiums for
adults."--_Times_.
THE HISTORY OF FRANCE;
Tenth Thousand, New Edition, with continuation of events to the
Presidency of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte; 2_s_ 6_d_. cloth, lettered; or
bound up with Questions on the History, 3_s_.
Illustrated with a Map, and three Historical Engravings,--1. The
Coronation of Charles VII. 2. A French Tilt, or Tournament. 3.
Bonaparte's Expedition across the Alps.
"The Writer has borne in mind throughout, that simplicity of style was
essential to her purpose, and has selected those facts which are best
adapted to give an idea of the events and the customs of the
successive ages."--_Baptist Magazine_.
"Miss Corner appears to be an excellent historian for the school room.
She narrates with fluency and clearness, and in a concise and lively
manner, the leading facts, so as to convey the spirit of history, and
indicate the characteristics of the people and the country, as well as
the rulers and famous characters."--_Spectator_.
"We look upon Miss Corner's work with great interest, as being
peculiarly adapted to the minds of young people, and being free from
that inversion of facts by which history is so often made subservient
to party purposes."--_Nonconformist_.
THE HISTORY OF DENMARK, SWEDEN, AND NORWAY;
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Engravings.
1. A Norwegian Family listening to the Songs of their Scalds, 2.
Submission of the Order of Nobles to Frederick III.
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cleverness of handling, and these requisites Miss Corner's histories
exhibit in an eminent degree. The frequent intermixtures of government
between the three countries have indeed tended materially to embarrass
this portion of European history, but Miss Corner by an accurate
arrangement of dates, and a judicious connection of events, has set
every thing in a clear light."--_Post Magazine._
THE HISTORY OF POLAND AND RUSSIA;
3_s_. 6_d_. cloth, lettered; with a Map, and three elegant Historical
Engravings.
1. Assassination of Demetrius. 2. John Cassimer, worn out by
misfortune, resigning his crown to the Diet. 3. Flight of the
Inhabitants of Moscow at the approach of the French army.
"This volume forms one of a series of histories for the use of young
persons; the present volume is, however, more descriptive than
historical, which we consider an advantage; the living manners of the
Poles and Russians being much more instructive and entertaining to
young English readers."--_Tait's Magazine_.
"Miss Corner has succeeded in compressing into a small compass all the
leading events of history, without the slightest obscurity, or without
sinking her book into a dry chronicle of facts."--_Britannia_.
THE HISTORY OF TURKEY AND THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE; INCLUDING GREECE, SYRIA,
AND THE HOLY LAND;
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