Item #17354 The Ornaments Discovered: A Story, in Two Parts. By the Author of Aunt Mary's Tales. Mary Robson Hughs or Hughes.
The Ornaments Discovered: A Story, in Two Parts. By the Author of Aunt Mary's Tales.
The Ornaments Discovered: A Story, in Two Parts. By the Author of Aunt Mary's Tales.

The Ornaments Discovered: A Story, in Two Parts. By the Author of Aunt Mary's Tales.

London: Printed by and for William Darton, Jun. 1815. First edition. One engraved plate. Several gatherings sprung or partially sprung, but a very good, tight copy. Original black roan-backed drab boards, gilt flat spine. Twelvemo. [4], 191, [1] + [20] pp. publisher's catalogue ("A List of Improved Books, &c. for Children, Recently Published…" Item #17354

"The orphan Fanny's character," as Osborne notes, "exemplified the precept, ‘amiable manners and a well-regulated mind, are the only valuable ornaments.’" The Darton catalogue at the end is quite lenghy, listing ninety-five numbered items under books, penmanship, cards, and games, and there follow sections for dissected and whole sheet maps, dissected puzzles, and a concluding entry for "School Books" which concludes "*** A Quantity of Damaged Books to be Sold Cheap."

Mary Robson Hughs, sometimes called Hughes, wrote a number of children's books, all with strong moral themes. She was strongly influenced by Maria Edgeworth. In 1818, she and her husband left England for Philadelphia, where she opened a school for girls.

Price: $300.00

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