A More Playful Tone
John Latrobe (1803-1891)
The Juvenile National Calendar.
Baltimore: F. Lucas Jr. and Philadelphia: Ash & Mason [1825]
Rare Book & Special
Collection Division (136B.5)
Purchase, 1997
Dame Duck's Lecture.
Boston: L. Prang,
1865
Rare Book & Special
Collection Division
Gift/purchase from Marian S. Carson, 1997
(136C.11)
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Books intended for children took on a more playful tone as the
nineteenth century progressed. John Latrobe's classroom in the
1820s is a cheerful scene. Children are promised that they "may
be presidents yet" through learning, goodness, and virtue.
This rare, hand-colored pamphlet describes the duties of government
officials in amusing verse. Progress in illustration helped to
make books for children more attractive and entertaining. Chromolithography
was perfected by Louis Prang of Boston in the 1860s. He printed
popular maps and cards in color as well as illustrated books. Here
Dame Duck instructs her nine ducklings how a well-bred duck should
waddle, walk in a row, and swim.
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