Animals & Insects

Priscilla Wakefield, 1751-1832. An introduction to the Natural History and Classification of Insects, in a Series of Familiar Letters. With Illustrated Engravings. London: Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 1816. FULLSIZE [60K] FULLSIZE [68K] FULLSIZE [74K] OVERSIZE [380K] OVERSIZE [465K] OVERSIZE [446K]

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Amanda Bartlett Harris, 1824-1917. How We Went Birds'-Nesting: Field, Wood and Meadow Rambles. Illustrations by G. F. Barnes. Boston: D. Lothrop & Company, 1880. FULLSIZE [219K] FULLSIZE [67K] OVERSIZE [845K] OVERSIZE [243K]

Lucy Ellen Guernsey, 1826-1899. Jenny and the Birds. Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1860. FULLSIZE [103K] OVERSIZE [493K]

Miss S. Waring. The Minstrelsy of the Woods; or, Sketches and Songs Connected with the Natural History of Some of the Most Interesting British and Foreign Birds. London: Harvey and Darton, 1832. FULLSIZE [42K] FULLSIZE [67K] OVERSIZE [235K] OVERSIZE [233K]

Mrs. A. M. Diaz and Norman A. Calkins. Prang's Natural History Series for Children. [vol. 1: Birds of Prey; vol. 2: Wading Birds; vol. 3: Scratching Birds; vol. 4: Swimming Birds] Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1878. FULLSIZE [161K] FULLSIZE [111K] FULLSIZE [219K] FULLSIZE [98K] OVERSIZE [765K] OVERSIZE [342K] OVERSIZE [1025K] OVERSIZE [485K]

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Olive Thorne [Harriet Miller], 1831-1918. Little Folks in Feathers and Furs, and Others in Neither. Hartford, Conn.: Dustin, Gilman & Co., 1875. FULLSIZE [161K] FULLSIZE [119K] FULLSIZE [118K] OVERSIZE [645K] OVERSIZE [542K] OVERSIZE [470K]

A Lady. A visit to Nahant, Being a Sequel to the Wonders of the Deep. New York: Lewis Colby, & Co., 1847. FULLSIZE [70K] FULLSIZE [82K] OVERSIZE [314K] OVERSIZE [383K]

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Astronomy

Catharine Sedgwick, 1789-1867. Arcturus; or, The Bright Star in Bootes. An Easy Guide to Science. Second edition. London: William Macintosh, 1867. FULLSIZE [152K] FULLSIZE [157K] OVERSIZE [691K] OVERSIZE [795K]

Lizzie W. Champney, 1850-1922. In the Sky Garden. Illustrated by J. Wells Champney. Boston: Lockwood, Brooks, and Company, 1877. FULLSIZE [133K] FULLSIZE [73K] FULLSIZE [79K] FULLSIZE [92K] OVERSIZE [618K] OVERSIZE [277K] OVERSIZE [396K] OVERSIZE [454K]

Mrs. Mary Somerville, 1780-1872. A Preliminary Dissertation on the Mechanism of the Heavens. Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832. FULLSIZE [63K] OVERSIZE [305K]

The Ladies Diary: or, the Woman's Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord, 1723. Containing Many Delightful and Entertaining Particulars Peculiarly Adapted for the Use and Diversion of the Fair-Sex. London: Company of Stationers, 1723. FULLSIZE [158K] OVERSIZE [716K]

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Elizabeth Blackwell

Elizabeth Blackwell, 1700?-1758. Herbarium Blackwellianum Emendatum et Actum. Nuremberg: J.J. Fleischmann and C. de Launoy, 1750-73. FULLSIZE [149K] FULLSIZE [139K] FULLSIZE [128K] FULLSIZE [135K] OVERSIZE [581K] OVERSIZE [606K] OVERSIZE [574K] OVERSIZE [604K]

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Education

Jane H. Marcet, 1769-1858. Conversations on Chemistry. In Which the Elements of That Science Are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated by Experiments. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806. FULLSIZE [56K] FULLSIZE [71K] FULLSIZE [71K] OVERSIZE [286K] OVERSIZE [210K] OVERSIZE [294K]

Arabella B. Buckley, 1840-1929. The Fairy-Land of Science. London: Edward Stanford, 1890. Illustrated by Mr. J. Cooper. FULLSIZE [140K] FULLSIZE [53K] OVERSIZE [687K] OVERSIZE [230K]

Arabella B. Buckley, 1840-1929. Life and Her Children: Glimpses of Animal Life from the Amoeba to the Insects. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1893. Illustrations by Dr. Wild and Mr. Edwin Wilson. FULLSIZE [149K] FULLSIZE [46K] FULLSIZE [76K] FULLSIZE [90K] OVERSIZE [689K] OVERSIZE [226K] OVERSIZE [353K] OVERSIZE [383K]

Elizabeth Fitton. Conversations on Botany. 5th edition. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. FULLSIZE [133K] OVERSIZE [443K]

Mrs. Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps, 1793-1884. Familiar Lectures on Botany, Practical Elementary and Physiological; with an Appendix, Containing Descriptions of the Plants of the United States and Exotics, &c. for the Use of Seminarys and Private Students. 5th edition, revised and enlarged. Hartford: F. J. Huntington, 1836. FULLSIZE [72K] FULLSIZE [136K] FULLSIZE [138K] OVERSIZE [371K] OVERSIZE [762K] OVERSIZE [815K]

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Floral Sentiment

Elizabeth Washington Wirt, 1784-1857. Flora's Dictionary. Baltimore: Fielding Lucas, Jr., 1829. FULLSIZE [73K] FULLSIZE [82K] OVERSIZE [282K] OVERSIZE [321K]

Sarah Josepha Hale, 1788-1879. Flora's Interpreter, and Fortuna Flora. Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey and Company, 1850. FULLSIZE [197K] FULLSIZE [107K] OVERSIZE [1084K] OVERSIZE [398K]

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Sarah Josepha Hale, 1788-1879. Flora's Interpreter: or, the American Book of Flowers and Sentiments. Boston: Marsh, Capen and Lyon, 1832. FULLSIZE [65K] FULLSIZE [89K] FULLSIZE [119K] FULLSIZE [65K] OVERSIZE [330K] OVERSIZE [426K] OVERSIZE [568K] OVERSIZE [298K]

Dorothea Lynde Dix, 1802-1887. The Garland of Flora. Boston: S. G. Goodrich and Co. and Carter and Hendee, 1829. FULLSIZE [64K] FULLSIZE [55K] OVERSIZE [349K] OVERSIZE [331K]

Frances S. Osgood, 1811-1850. The Poetry of Flowers and Flowers of Poetry to Which Are Added, a Simple Treatise on Botany, with Familiar Examples, and a Copious Floral Dictionary. New York: J. C. Riker, 1844. FULLSIZE [88K] FULLSIZE [78K] FULLSIZE [56K] OVERSIZE [417K] OVERSIZE [387K] OVERSIZE [264K]

Frances S. Osgood, 1811-1850. The Poetry of Flowers and Flowers of Poetry to Which Are Added, a Simple Treatise on Botany, with Familiar Examples, and a Copious Floral Dictionary. New York: Derby & Jackson, 1858. FULLSIZE [93K] FULLSIZE [58K] FULLSIZE [74K] FULLSIZE [71K] OVERSIZE [506K] OVERSIZE [335K] OVERSIZE [325K] OVERSIZE [317K]

Eliza Eve Gleadall. The Beauties of Flora with Botanic and Poetic Illustrations: Being a Selection of Flowers Drawn from Nature Arranged Emblematically with Directions for Colouring Them. Published by Eliza Eve Gleadall at Heath Hall near Wakefield, 1834. FULLSIZE [104K] FULLSIZE [80K] FULLSIZE [68K] OVERSIZE [401K] OVERSIZE [310K] OVERSIZE [267K]

Anna Peyre Dinnies, 1805-1886. The Floral Year, Embellished with Bouquets of Flowers, Drawn and Colored from Nature. Each Flower Illustrated with a Poem. Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey, 1847. FULLSIZE [181K] FULLSIZE [71K] OVERSIZE [779K] OVERSIZE [249K]

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Gardens

Celia Thaxter, 1835-1894. An Island Garden. Pictures and illustrations by Childe Hassam. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1894. FULLSIZE [159K] FULLSIZE [44K] OVERSIZE [758K] OVERSIZE [184K]

Candace Wheeler, 1827-1923. Content in a Garden. Decorations by Dora Wheeler Keith. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1902. FULLSIZE [112K] FULLSIZE [109K] OVERSIZE [478K] OVERSIZE [443K]

Elizabeth Kent. Flora Domestica, or The Portable Flower-Garden; with Directions for the Treatment of Plants in Pots; and Illustrations from the Works of the Poets. Vol. 1 and 2. London: Taylor and Hessey, 1825. FULLSIZE [45K] FULLSIZE [78K] FULLSIZE [34K] OVERSIZE [243K] OVERSIZE [376K] OVERSIZE [171K]

Frances Hodgson Burnett, 1849-1924. In the Garden. Boston and New York: The Medici Society of America, 1925. FULLSIZE [143K] OVERSIZE [739K]

Eliza Brightwen, 1830-1906. Inmates of My House and Garden. Illustrated by Theo. Carreras. New York: Macmillan and Co., 1895. FULLSIZE [74K] OVERSIZE [598K]

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Illustrators & Colorists

Mrs. Thomas John Hussey. Illustrations of British Mycology, Containing Figures and Descriptions of the Funguses of Interest and Novelty Indigenous to Britain. London: Reeve, Brothers, 1847. FULLSIZE [142K] FULLSIZE [105K] OVERSIZE [487K] OVERSIZE [350K]

Henrietta Maria Moriarty. Viridarium: Coloured Plates of Greenhouse Plants, with the Linnean Names, and with Concise Rules for Their Culture. London: Dewick & Clarke, 1806. FULLSIZE [66K] FULLSIZE [47K] OVERSIZE [402K] OVERSIZE [305K]

Elizabeth Twining, 1805-1889. Illustrations of the Natural Orders of Plants. v.1 London: Joseph Cundall, 1849. FULLSIZE [100K] FULLSIZE [82K] OVERSIZE [602K] OVERSIZE [471K]

Mrs. Edward Roscoe [Margaret Lace Roscoe]. Floral Illustrations of the Seasons. London: R. Havell, Junr., 1838. FULLSIZE [98K] FULLSIZE [100K] OVERSIZE [369K] OVERSIZE [357K]

Miss Smith. Studies of Flowers from Nature. Dedicated by Permission to Her Royal Highness the Princess Elizabeth. Adwick Hall near Doncaster: Printed for & Sold by Miss Smith, 18--?. FULLSIZE [86K] FULLSIZE [88K] FULLSIZE [77K] OVERSIZE [339K] OVERSIZE [313K] OVERSIZE [286K]

Mrs. Meredith [Louisa Anne Twamely]. Bush Friends in Tasmania. London and New York: MacMillian & Co., 1891. FULLSIZE [138K] OVERSIZE [584K]

Mrs. Loudon. British Wild Flowers. London: William Smith, 1847. FULLSIZE [82K] FULLSIZE [83K] FULLSIZE [107K] FULLSIZE [143K] OVERSIZE [338K] OVERSIZE [343K] OVERSIZE [363K] OVERSIZE [566K]

Mrs. Loudon. The Ladies' Flower-Garden. London: William S. Orr and Co., n.d. FULLSIZE [107K] FULLSIZE [107K] FULLSIZE [103K] FULLSIZE [103K] OVERSIZE [421K] OVERSIZE [439K] OVERSIZE [412K] OVERSIZE [415K]

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Maria Sibylla Merian

Maria Sibylla Merian. Der Raupen Wunderbare Verwandelung und Sonderbare Blumen-Nahrung. [The Miraculous Transformation and Unusual Flower-Food of Caterpillars] Nuremberg: Johann Andreas Graffen. Frankfurt and Leipzig: David Funken and Andreas Knortzen, 1679-1683. FULLSIZE [178K] FULLSIZE [182K] OVERSIZE [804K] OVERSIZE [901K]

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Music

I Wander'd in the Woodland. Words by Mrs. Frances S. Osgood, music by Herrman S. Saroni. New York: Wm. Hall & Son, 1849. FULLSIZE [104K] OVERSIZE [369K]

Lilies Clustered Fair and Tall. Words by Celia Thaxter, music by Henshaw Dana. Boston: Oliver Ditson, 1882. FULLSIZE [87K] OVERSIZE [325K]

The Wild Rose. Words by Celia Thaxter, music by Julius Eichberg. New York: C. H. Ditson & Co., 1878. FULLSIZE [91K] OVERSIZE [302K]

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Nature Writers

Helen Hunt Jackson, 1830-1885. The Procession of Flowers in Colorado. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1897. FULLSIZE [122K] OVERSIZE [472K]

Mabel Loomis Todd, 1856-1932. A Cycle of Sunsets. Boston: Small, Maynard and Company, 1910. FULLSIZE [47K] FULLSIZE [73K] OVERSIZE [184K] OVERSIZE [301K]

Susan Fennimore Cooper, 1813-1894. Rural Hours. Illustrated edition. New York: G. P. Putnam, 1851. FULLSIZE [62K] FULLSIZE [69K] FULLSIZE [36K] OVERSIZE [236K] OVERSIZE [277K] OVERSIZE [169K]

Lida Clarkson. Indian Summer: Autumn Poems and Sketches. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1883. FULLSIZE [113K] FULLSIZE [134K] OVERSIZE [519K] OVERSIZE [583K]

Frances Theodora Parsons, 1861-1952. According to Season: Talks about the Flowers in the Order of Their Appearance in the Woods and Fields. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. 32 color plates by Elsie Louise Shaw. FULLSIZE [125K] FULLSIZE [45K] OVERSIZE [634K] OVERSIZE [192K]

Mary Austin, 1868-1934. The Land of Little Rain. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1903. FULLSIZE [127K] FULLSIZE [52K] OVERSIZE [652K] OVERSIZE [219K]

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Practical Instruction

A Book of Fruits & Flowers. Shewing the Nature and Use of them, either for Meat or Medicine. London: M. S. for Tho. Jenner, 1656. FULLSIZE [134K] OVERSIZE [516K]

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William Lawson, fl. 1618. The Country Housewifes Garden. London: Roger Jackson, 1623. FULLSIZE [133K] FULLSIZE [160K] FULLSIZE [157K] OVERSIZE [500K] OVERSIZE [597K] OVERSIZE [576K]

Lizzie E. Cotton. Bee Keeping for Profit: A New System of Bee Management. Second Edition. West Gorham, ME: 1883. FULLSIZE [75K] FULLSIZE [51K] OVERSIZE [454K] OVERSIZE [246K]

Antonette Matteson, b. 1847. The Occult Family Physician, and Botanic Guide to Health. Buffalo, NY: published by the author, 1894. FULLSIZE [62K] FULLSIZE [54K] OVERSIZE [302K] OVERSIZE [266K]

George Brookshaw, 1751-1823. A New Treatise on Flower Painting, or Every Lady Her Own Drawing Master. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818. FULLSIZE [60K] OVERSIZE [236K]

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Mary Griffith. Our Neighbourhood, or Letters on Horticulture and natural Phenomena: interspersed with opinions on domestic and moral economy. New York: E. Bliss, 1831. FULLSIZE [56K] OVERSIZE [301K]

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Religion

Mrs. Alfred Gatty, 1809-1873. Parables from Nature. Second Series. Illustrated by Paul De Lonpre. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1893. FULLSIZE [119K] FULLSIZE [57K] FULLSIZE [53K] OVERSIZE [649K] OVERSIZE [356K] OVERSIZE [260K]

Hannah Zeller of Nazareth. Wild Flowers of the Holy Land. London: James Nisbet and Co., 1875. FULLSIZE [117K] FULLSIZE [75K] FULLSIZE [54K] OVERSIZE [653K] OVERSIZE [357K] OVERSIZE [233K]

Harriet Newell Cook. The Scripture Alphabet of Animals. New York: American Tract Society, 1842. FULLSIZE [85K] OVERSIZE [383K]

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Maria Graham, Lady Callcott, 1785-1842. A Scripture Herbal. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842. FULLSIZE [60K] OVERSIZE [295K]

Mrs. Hey. The Moral of Flowers. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, 1833. FULLSIZE [54K] FULLSIZE [43K] FULLSIZE [41K] FULLSIZE [30K] OVERSIZE [278K] OVERSIZE [206K] OVERSIZE [195K] OVERSIZE [152K]

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Travelers

Abby Jane Morrell, b. 1809. Narrative of a Voyage to the Ethiopic and South Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Chinese Sea, North and South Pacific Ocean, in the Years 1829, 1830, 1831. New York: J. & J. Harper, 1833. FULLSIZE [77K] FULLSIZE [78K] OVERSIZE [620K] OVERSIZE [451K]

Josephine Diebitsch-Peary, 1863-1955. My Arctic Journal: A Year Among Ice-Fields and Eskimos. New York and Philadelphia: The Contemporary Publishing Company, 1894. FULLSIZE [30K] FULLSIZE [50K] OVERSIZE [140K] OVERSIZE [134K]

Maria Graham, Lady Callcott, 1785-1842. Journal of a Voyage to Brazil, and Residence There, During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824. FULLSIZE [80K] FULLSIZE [110K] OVERSIZE [312K] OVERSIZE [424K]

Maria Graham, Lady Callcott, 1785-1842. Journal of a Residence in Chile, During the Year1822. and a Voyage from Chile to Brazil in 1823. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842. FULLSIZE [70K] FULLSIZE [92K] OVERSIZE [280K] OVERSIZE [321K]

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Working Women

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Authors' Biographies

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