TALES FOR THE PEOPLE AND THEIR CHILDREN: Somerville Hall and The Rising Tide.
New York / Philadelphia: D. Appleton and Co. / George S. Appleton, 1843. 1st American edition. Cloth. 1st American edition, 1843. A Good+ copy. 12mo., 174 pp., plus advertisements at rear. Bound in publishers blind stamp decorated brown cloth with titles and decoration in gilt on spine. Some overall fading and soiling to cloth with rubbing to tips and top/base of spine. Paper is foxed - heavier at end pages. Text appears unmarked. Good+. Item #34920
Sarah Stickney Ellis, born Sarah Stickney (1799 – 16 June 1872), also known as Sarah Ellis, was an English author. She was a Quaker turned Congregationalist. Her numerous books are mostly about women's roles in society. She argued that women had a religious duty as daughters, wives and mothers to provide an influence for good that would improve society.
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