Newcombe, S. Prout. Pleasant Pages for Young People; or, Book of Home Education and Entertainment; With numerous Illustrations. Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1853. [10884]
Red publisher's cloth, decorated in blind & gilt, frayed at the spine ends with a partial separation of the backstrip on the front side, 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches. Boards are secure with good end paper hinges. 426 clean pages plus publisher's catalogue, tight. Some text illustrations. Good. Hardcover.
This is arranged as a daily reading for children on the topics of Moral Lessons, Natural History, History, Object Lessons, Traveller through England, Physical Geography, Drawing Lessons, Hymns and Poetry, and Music.
"The aim of 'Pleasant Places' is, The foundation of good moral and intellectual habits in the rising generation. In order to this end, it will endeavor to exhibit to the young the wondrous goodness and wisdom of the Creator in his works, and to excite within them a longing for the highest moral excellence...All the time asked to do so is ten minutes a day. The book, if regularly read by the parent to his child, at their morning meal, would render him his 'Daily Instructor.' It would, every morning, supply the child with a new idea, and set his mind in motion for the day, promoting its exercise and growth." - Preface.
