Boys' and Girls' Home Library
Published by E. O. Libby & Co.
1. Birds and Flowers | |
2. Shells and Minerals | |
3. About Insects | |
4. Toilet and Embroidery | |
5. Painting, Riding, and Archery | |
6. Art of Ornamenting | |
7. Strawberry Party | by Thrace Talmon |
8. More Truth than Fiction | by E. D. Brown |
9. Sunshine and Shade | by Sarah Maria Sturtevant |
10. Rich and the Poor |
E. O. Libby and Co. published this library in 1858.
The first six titles are basically the same as the books that made up Libby's "Youth Cabinet" published later in 1858. The titles are subtly different. Ads note that the first six titles are books of "nature and art". The last four volumes contain stories and poetry. They were also advertised as non-series books. The content of the first six volumes were contained in their entirety within the 1857 "Manual for the Arts" published by James French. Hill & Libby published this book later in 1857 and E. O. Libby and Company printed it in 1858.
Cloth. 12 mo. Boxed
The books in this series have not been seen.