Cobwebs to Catch Flies: Illustrated Books for the Nursery and Schoolroom, 1700-1900

Whalley, Joyce Irene

Elek

The Student's Guide to Western Calligraphy: An Illustrated Survey

Arts & Photography

Other Media

Shambhala Pubns

Describes the history of calligraphy through American, British and European examples, and explains the background of each work

The Student's Guide to Western Calligraphy

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

Shambhala

Before education was universally available, it was thought proper for young children to be taught at home, in the nursery or schoolroom. From the early years of the 18th century, more and more picture books for this purpose were published on both sides of the Atlantic, often crossing the ocean to appear with little or no revision in an English or American edition. They were designed to teach a child, outside the school classroom, not only reading, writing, and arithmetic, but also the correct interpretation of the scriptures, of history, the natural world, and life in other lands. Most texts were written with a high moral and didactic purpose, but to us the books, adorned with charming illustrations to match the verses and instructions underneath, provide a fascinating glimpse of the changing fashions and attitudes of society and the part children were expected to play in it. The pictures ranged from simple anonymous wood cuts and engravings, often hand-colored, to signed work by such outstanding book illustrators as Thomas Bewick, George Cruikshank and, later, Walter Crane and Kate Greenaway. Over 150 of these illustrations are reproduced, often with extracts from the books themselves, in this showcase of educational children's literature, here arranged according to subject -- the alphabet, grammar, geography, and so on. Many of the titles alone make enchanting reading: Marmalade Multiply's Merry Method of Making Minor Mathematicians; Punctuation Personified by Mr. Stops; and the original Cobwebs to Catch Flies by Lady Fenn. Others, like Alice in Wonderland and Struwwelpeter, take their place as internationally recognized classics. An extensive bibliography and indexes of publishers and titles complete this revealing study, which is a treasure trove for the social and educational historian and a delightful recreation of a past world of childhood

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

University of California Press

Writing implements and accessories: From the Roman stylus to the typewriter

David&Charles

Second impression of first edition. Information on the quill pen, the pen knife and quill cutter, the steel pen, fountain pen, typewriters, the pencil and the ball-point pen. Well illustrated and includes a bibliography. Spine of jacket slightly faded. 144 pages. boards, dust jacket.. 8vo..

WRITING IMPLEMENTS AND ACCESSORIES

Briefly traces the life of the British children's author and illustrator, describes her connection with the Derwentwater region, and suggests three walks

Beatrix Potter's Derwentwater

Bartlett, Wynne

History & Criticism

Viking Pr

Traces the life of the children's writer and illustrator, describes influences on her work, and shows examples of her sketches and paintings

Beatrix Potter: The Artist and her World 1866-1943

Children's Books

Taylor, Judy

Hobbs, Anne Stevenson

Battrick, Elizabeth M.

Biographies

Warne

Beatrix Potter 1866 - 1943: The Artist and Her World

Individual Artists

The Pen's Excellencie

Taplinger Pub. Co

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