True stories for young children / by the author of "Chickseed without chickweed," "Bible stories," "The favourite story book," "Mamma's stories of animals," &c. &c. &c.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood.
Main Author: Leathley, Mary Elizabeth Southwell Dudley, 1818-1899 (Author)
Language:English
Published: London : Darton & Company, [1856]
Edition:Second edtion.
Series:Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood.
Subjects:
Children > Conduct of life > Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life > Early works to 1800 > Juvenile fiction.
Animals > Juvenile fiction.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Juvenile fiction.
Virtue > Juvenile fiction.
School children > Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories.
Genre:
Juvenile fiction.
Early works to 1800
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users
Local Note:
Scanned copy defective: pages 17-18 wanting.
Reproduced from source library: 1 volume.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages in 2 volumes) : color illustrations.
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • pt. I: The best way to spend a penny
  • The two dogs
  • A visit to the zoological gardens
  • Do as you are bid
  • Peace and war
  • The ship on fire
  • The Russian exiles
  • The races
  • pt. II: The castle and its true owners
  • The grateful dog
  • The gathering for peace
  • The young princes who were killed in the Tower
  • The blue-coat boys
  • King Richard's death
  • The little patriots
  • Penn's treaty with the Indians.