The Reader: Intended to Convey Useful Facts in Early Themes for Children

No dustwrapper, some wear to the edges and corners of brown cloth-covered boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this little book, also known as ''Johnson's Rural Reader''. Contains short passages aimed at young children in the mid nineteenth century, mostly on topics relating to agriculture such as ''The Fallow Field'', ''The Corn Field'', ''Sowing and Reaping''; and on how things work; but also on the usual Victorian topics such as ''Obedience to Parents and Teachers'' and ''The Avoidance of Idleness''. Brown cloth-covered boards with blind-stamped decoration round the edges and title in the middle on both front and back covers. 96pp plus 16pp adverts for mostly agricultural books. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.