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This edition of Daniel Defoe's novel, advertised in Trinidad, was published in London as part of Roscoe's novelist's library, with a biographical note by Thomas Roscoe and illustrations by Jacob George Strutt.

Originally published as Paul et Virginie, this romantic French children's novel tells the story of two young people growing up in the archipelago of the Indian Ocean in Île de France, known today as Mauritius. The island appears in the text as as a…

A popular card game manual, from whence derives the phrase "according to Hoyle," aka "according to the rules." The book exists in multiple variations and was probably shared by adults and children alike. Some versions notably include the game All…

This extremely popular book features Isaac Watts's religious poetry, some of which was later satirized by Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland. Missionary records attest that some enslaved children memorized and copied these rhymes.

Originally published by Arnaud Berquin in French as L'Ami des Enfants, divided into twenty-four monthly installments, The Children's Friend contains stories about children's ordinary lives. The stories proved incredibly popular and the compilation…

A geography textbook written by English radical schoolteacher, bookseller, and politician, Sir Richard Phillips, under his frequently used pseudonym, J. Goldsmith.