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Lessons on Shells, As Given to Children Between the Ages of Eight and Ten, in a Pestalozzian School, At Cheam, Surrey by [MAYO, Elizabeth] - 1846
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Lessons on Shells, As Given to Children Between the Ages of Eight and Ten, in a Pestalozzian School, At Cheam, Surrey
by [MAYO, Elizabeth]
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London: Seeley, Burnside, and Seeley, 1846. Third Edition. Hardcover. Good. xiii, 228 p. + plates and 16 p. of ads. 18 cm cloth hardcover binding. 10 plates bound at rear. Cloth binding probably once a purple colour, now much faded. Corners bumped and spine ends a little soft. Ink inscription from 1904 on front free endpaper and small label on front pastedown. A little foxing to plates.
Victorian era science text for children. Features everything a child could want to learn (and probably much more) about seashells. Main format is questions and answers eg. "Teacher: Of what use do you suppose shells to be? Child: They must be a defence and protection to the animals which they cover." Also provides descriptive info and questions for further study. While the text would be quite advanced for a ten year old today, it is a fine representation of how a well-educated child was prepared for the study of his or her natural environment. Even includes poetry on the Limpet attaching itself to a rock: "We wonder that such strength should dwell, In such a small and simple shell!" (p. 123).
Victorian era science text for children. Features everything a child could want to learn (and probably much more) about seashells. Main format is questions and answers eg. "Teacher: Of what use do you suppose shells to be? Child: They must be a defence and protection to the animals which they cover." Also provides descriptive info and questions for further study. While the text would be quite advanced for a ten year old today, it is a fine representation of how a well-educated child was prepared for the study of his or her natural environment. Even includes poetry on the Limpet attaching itself to a rock: "We wonder that such strength should dwell, In such a small and simple shell!" (p. 123).
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- Date Published 1846
- Keywords seashells, nature, children's, teaching
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Lessons on Shells, as Given to Children Between the Ages of Eight and Ten, in a Pestalozzian School, at Cheam, Surrey
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Lessons on Shells, as Given to Children Between the Ages of Eight and Ten, in a Pestalozzian School, at Cheam, Surrey
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Lessons on Shells, as Given to Children Between the Ages of Eight and Ten, in a Pestalozzian School, at Cheam, Surrey. Illustrated by ten plates, drawn from nature
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Seeley, Burnside, 1846. Hard Cover. Very Good. [MAYO, Elizabeth]. Lessons on Shells, as Given to Children Between the Ages of Eight and Ten, in a Pestalozzian School, at Cheam, Surrey. Illustrated by ten plates, drawn from nature. Third edition. xiii, [3], 228pp., half-title., 10 engraved plates each with leaf of text identifying the specimens. A very good copy bound in full contemporary green calf, ornately decorated in gilt. Wide gilt borders, central gilt panel with corner piece ornaments, and gilt panelled spine. Original morocco label just chipped at one corner, and some foxing. 8vo. Seeley, Burnside and Seeley. [1846]. ~ Charles (1792-1846) and Elizabeth Mayo (1793-1865) were brother and sister educational reformers and followers of Pestalozzi. Charles Mayo opened a school in Epsom in 1822, which his mother and sister helped run. They wanted children to learn by observing, touching, and experimenting with the things around them, and they developed a practical curriculum including these 'object…
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London: R.B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1846 Third edition. First published by Seeley in 1832. . Contemporary brown straight-grained cloth. Octavo. With ten lithographed plates of shells. Preface by Charles Mayo, the author's brother. Also, with the author's preface to the second edition. Dustsoiling to cloth and some chipping to head and tail of spine. Very clean and fresh throughout, aside from some light foxing to plates (as usual). Ink gift inscription (dated 1909) to a Helen Wigham on front flyleaf. A very good copy. Elizabeth Mayo (1793 – 1865) was an educational reformer and writer who played a major role in popularizing the theories of Pestalozzi in England. Mayo and her brother Charles (1792 – 1846) also ran an evangelical school based on theories that Charles had learned from Pestalozzi. Mayo wrote her two most successful books, Lessons on Objects (1830) and the present work, based on the Pestalozzian method of the object lesson, which developed observational skills through the careful…
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Lessons on Shells, as Given to the Children Between the Ages of Eight and Ten, in a Pestalozzian School.
by Mayo, Elizabeth
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London: Seeley, Burnside, and Seeley, 1846 Third edition. First published by Seeley in 1832. Publisher's blue cloth. . Octavo. With ten lithographed plates of shells. Preface by Charles Mayo, the author's brother. Also, with the author's preface to the second edition. Some sunning to spine and dustsoiling to top edge. Some foxing to plates and to first few leaves and light marginal toning. Partially unopened. A very good copy. Elizabeth Mayo (1793 – 1865) was an educational reformer and writer who played a major role in popularizing the theories of Pestalozzi in England. Mayo and her brother Charles (1792 – 1846) also ran an evangelical school based on theories that Charles had learned from Pestalozzi. Mayo wrote her two most successful books, Lessons on Objects (1830) and the present work, based on the Pestalozzian method of the object lesson, which developed observational skills through the careful examination of objects. These two books were the first of their kind in England, and popularized…
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