421 pages.
Cooke was best known for her fresh and humorous fiction dealing mainly with New England country life.
Contents: Eben Jackson.--Miss Lucinda.--Dely's cow.--Squire Paine's conversion.--Miss Beulah's bonnet.--Cal Culver and the devil.--Amandar.--Polly Mariner, tailoress.--Uncle Josh.--Poll Jennings's hair.--Freedom Wheeler's controversy with providence.--Mrs. Flint's married experience.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
1880s
Dimensions
Height
8 in
Width
5 in
Book Details
Author
Rose Terry Cooke
Edition
First
Publisher
James R. Osgood & Company
Place Published
City
Boston
State/Province
Massachusetts
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
1881
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Eastlake Design
Binding Notes
Bound in bright blue cloth with black stamping in an Eastlake design with diagonal orientation. Author's name stamped in black to spine (unusual).
Notes
Bookplate of John Henry Thorston on endpaper. "Book Received at George Haskells Memorial Service 6-23-06" written on flyleaf.
