Name/Title
The Mother's BookEntry/Object ID
1957.5.1Description
Was aimed at “middling” and lower-class women and included advice on the rearing of children, particularly girls. Contrary to other domestic manuals of the day, it counseled that girls be educated in a way that would enable them to “support themselves respectably.” While contemporary reviewers found The Mother’s Book dangerously liberal, it met a need and consequently was popular.
Physical Description: 175 p. 17 cm.Collection
Books and Pamphlets by L.M. ChildAcquisition
Accession
1957.5Source or Donor
Dik, Catherine Coolidge (Tatnall)Acquisition Method
GiftLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Children, Education, Domestic Life/Family, Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880., Child rearing., MothersOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Other NumberOther Number
14Number Type
Old NumberOther Number
14Book Details
Author
Child, Lydia Maria (Francis)Edition
6thPublisher
Charles S. Francis and Co.Date Published
1846Publication Language
EnglishNotes
Copy No.: 1Condition
Overall Condition
FairDate Examined
Jul 14, 2020Examined By
Gardner-Westcott, KayNotes
Very little page foxing; top half of spine almost torn off; textbox in fair condition.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Child, Lydia Maria (Francis)General Notes
Note
Notes: Contains two poems clipped from other publications:
Waverly magazine: "Our Farmer Girls" by Ida Louis Little
"The Old Green Lane" by Eliza Cook
Dedicated to: To american Mothers whose intelligence and discretion the safety and prosperty of our republic so much depend."
Four pages of publishers list of books for sale in front of title page and two more pages after the last page of text.
Front end sheet: "Lydia P. Webb" written twice.
Mrs. Willard Dik written in ink with accession number 118.
Status: OK
Status By: Wescott, Kay
Status Date: 2020-07-14