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Literature for little folks : selections from standard authors, and easy lessons in composition

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    Self-Instructing Drawing Lessons, for the Little Folks

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    One drawing book entitled Self-Instructing Drawing Lessons, for the Little Folks, by John D. F. Brooks, Boston, 1868. This book is 42 unnumbered pages in length and contains numerous line-drawings. Each drawing features a step-by-step number guide for creating a finished drawing. The subjects of these drawings include: a horse, boats, garden tools and equipment, body parts and small scenes. The front cover contains a large circular engraving of three children in a run-down kitchen, one of whom draws while the other two watch. The inside of the front cover contains textual instructions, and the inside of the back cover features other (completed) images. The back cover is an advertisement for Frost & Adams, "importers and dealers in artists' materials". "A.E.C." is written in ms., in ink, at the top of the front cover.

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    For the Kindergarten, For Little Folks, Drawing Made Easy

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    One boxed set of paper stencils comprised of 6 large paper stencils, accompanied by 4 illustrations made using the stencils and four additional, smaller paper stencils. The scenes of the stencils are named on the box lid: "Dutch Wind Mill, German Village, French Convent, New Navy, Old Navy, Summer Home." The manufacturer's name is not present, but the set is very similar to sets 3 and 4 (Box 81) made by McLoughlin Bros., New York.

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    Selections from American literature

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    Little George and his hatchet : A lesson of truth

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