First Steps in General Knowledge. Part III. The Animal Kingdom.

Tomlinson, Sarah Windsor

Published by S.P.C.K., 1848

About this Item

TOMLINSON, Sarah Windsor. First Steps in General Knowledge. Part III. The Animal Kingdom. vi, 297, [1], [4]pp adverts., engraved frontispiece, and numerous text illustrations, some full-page. A very good copy in original brown cloth, decorated in black, and gilt lettered. Ownership name dated 1879 on the front-end-paper. small square 8vo. S.P.C.K. [c1848]. ~ In 1835, Sarah?s elder sister Maria married Rev. L. Tomlinson, who managed a large school in Salisbury with his brother Charles Tomlinson. Sarah married Charles in 1839, and the couple moved to London, where they lived in a small house at 12 Bedford Place, Euston. Charles was involved in a wide range of literary and scientific engagements in London. For many years, the couple worked together on the Saturday Magazine, publishing weekly articles about nature, science, history and technology. Sarah was also wrote several books for the Committee of General Literature and Education, under the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Among her prominent works were a series titled First Steps in General Knowledge, Sketches of Rural Affairs and Lessons Derived from the Animal World.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: First Steps in General Knowledge. Part III. The Animal Kingdom.
• Publisher: S.P.C.K.
• Publication Date: 1848
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Women
  • Natural History