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| Author | Mary Allen West |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Gabriel Marx |
| Language | English |
| Subject | parenting advice |
| Genre | non-fiction |
| Publisher | Woman's Temperance Publishing Association |
Publication date | 1887 |
| Publication place | U.S. |
| Pages | 772 |
| Website | https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZE-AQAAMAAJ |
Childhood: Its Care and Culture was a parenting advice book by Mary Allen West, editor of the Union Signal.[1] The book was published in 1887, in Chicago, Illinois, by the Woman's Temperance Publishing Association.
The author claimed that the book had grown "naturally out of the rich soil of a thousand homes", which was interpreted to mean that the author wrote from experience and observation and not from mere theory. The contents are varied, including chapters on the child's body, babyhood, childhood, boyhood and girlhood, children's rights, work and play, amusements, behavior, domestic economy, family government, practical health bints, and other topics. There are also a number of illustrations, and, interspersed among the reading matter, are songs set to music, suitable for the nursery and the home. It is pervaded by strong Christian and temperance sentiment, the author holding that the growth in a child of a true and healthy religious and physical life is greatly to be desired and sought after, not only for its own sake, but for the general well-being of society.[2]
- ^ "Book Notices". Our Day: A Record and Review of Current Reform. 2 (11). Our Day Publishing Company: 398–99. November 1888. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Rice, Allen Thorndike, ed. (May 1888). "Book Reviews and Notices". The North American Review. Vol. 146, no. 5. O. Everett. p. 597. Retrieved 1 October 2023. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
