Book: American girl's book or Occupation for play hours
by Eliza Leslie, 1831
Contents
Part I
SPORTS AND PASTIMES.
PLAYS WITH TOYS.
LITTLE GAMES WITH CARDS.
Part II
RIDDLES.
Part III
AMUSING WORK – PINCUSHIONS.
NEEDLE BOOKS.
RETICULES.
VARIETIES.
A Lamp-stand 278
A Match Box 280
A Riddle Flower 282
A Dancing- Doll 284
A Jointed Linen Doll 287
A Common Linen Doll 292
A Pen-wiper 295
Another Pen-wiper 296
A third Pen-wiper 298
Hexagon Patch-work 299
A Court-plaster Case 302
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ELIZA LESLIE (1787 – 1858)
Born in Philadelphia, Eliza Leslie spent much of her childhood in London, where her father ran an export business. Though she received her only formal education in sewing and cooking classes, she read and wrote avidly, writing in later years that “the dream of my childhood [was] one day seeing my name in print.”
The success of her stories in children’s books and women’s magazines encouraged her to publish under her own name rather than demurely eschewing public recognition, and with the appearance of American Girl’s Book in 1831 she became known as “Miss Leslie.” She produced most of her income through her books on domestic management.