The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…

Written in the late 18th century, this groundbreaking educational text challenged traditional ideas about what children should learn and how they should learn it. Featuring a wide range of subjects…

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Evenings at Home; Or, The Juvenile Budget Opened, is many of the old books which have been considered important throughout the human history. They are now extremely scarce and very…

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…

Anna Letitia Barbauld (1743-1825), poet, educator and essayist, is now considered to be one of the most important writers of the early Romantic period. This charming biography by her great-niece…

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either…

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfectionssuch as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part…