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May Day, or, Anecdotes of Miss Lydia Lively : intended to improve and amuse the rising generation
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Brown leather book cover, some discoloration, unadorned.

May Day, or, Anecdotes of Miss Lydia Lively : intended to improve and amuse the rising generation

Date1787
Names
Format
Notes
A daily of account Lydia's good conduct or naughtiness is read aloud by her mother at breakfast. 
Lydia enjoys reading The footstep to Mrs. Trimmer's Sacred history, The good child's delight, First principles of religion, La bagatelle, The rational dame, and Children's friend. 
Six lines of "Errors" are listed on the verso of the title-page. 
Medium
DimensionsCover size: 16 cm x 9 cm (6 5/16 in. x 3 9/16 in.)
Language
CollectionOsborne Collection of Early Children's Books
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession Number37131039927249D
Catalogue Record for Print Bookhttps://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Ntt=1117116
Country:England
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