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The child's guide to knowledge : being a collection of useful and familiar questions and answers on every-day subjects : adapted for young persons and arranged in the most simple and easy language
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book cover: marbled paper with black spine

The child's guide to knowledge : being a collection of useful and familiar questions and answers on every-day subjects : adapted for young persons and arranged in the most simple and easy language

Date1852
Names
Alternate Title
  • Child's guide
FormatBook
Notes
Inscription: Alice Shardelow (A. J. Shardelow) on endpapers
Author suggested by the Bodleian Library.
Sometimes attributed to Fanny Umphelby's sister, Mrs. Robert Ward, cf. BLC.
First published in 1825 under title: 262 questions & answers.
"Price three shillings"--foot of title page
Index: p. [394]-408.
Twenty-first edition greatly enlarged, with several additional subjects. 
Medium
DimensionsCover size: 15 cm x 10 cm (5 7/8 in. x 3 15/16 in.)
Language
ProvenanceGift of Dr. Edward Grant
CollectionOsborne Collection of Early Children's Books
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Object Number37131009544941D
Catalogue Record for Print Book https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C1917496
book cover: cardboard, very worn out, brown leather spine
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