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A Grammar of General Geography for the Use of Schools and Young Persons : with Maps & Engravings
A geography textbook written by English radical schoolteacher, bookseller, and politician, Sir Richard Phillips, under his frequently used pseudonym, J. Goldsmith.
Ads in The Port of Spain Gazette
A runaway slave ad appears next to an ad for schoolbooks sold at the Henry James Mills' bookshop and printing office.
Akhlāgh-e Asāsi (Basic Morals)
This book is a translation of the Arabic Kalīla wa Dimna along with other Persian resources. The source for the Arabic translation was a lost translation into Pahlavi (an ancient Iranian language) of Panchatantra as well as parts of Mahabharata and…
Akhlāq-e Mosavvar (Illustrated Morals)
This book is mainly a translation of Aesop’s Fables by Ebrāhim Ibn Ahmad, Sani ol-Saltaneh, in 1901 although the translator does not mention the source. He considers it an appropriate resource book for children for different reasons including its…
Andersen's Tales for Children
Danish author Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales include famous stories such as "The Little Mermaid," "The Emperor's New Clothes," and "The Snow Queen" (pictured). This translation by Alfred Wehnert and Caroline Peachey was, given its publication…
Anis ol-Odabā va al-Atfāl (A Friend to Men of Letters and Children)
The book is a translation of some English tales as well as Aesop’s Fables by Abd al-Hamid Ibn Abd ol-bāqi Thaqafi, known as Matin al-Saltaneh in 1901. The first sixteen chapters are advice to children about respecting their parents, righteousness,…
Ayār-e Dānesh (The Hallmark of Knowledge)
The book was a paraphrase of Anwār-e Sohailī, which is, in turn, a translation of Kalīla wa-Dimna. The translator, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak Nagori, was an Indian who had learned Persian as a foreign language(مهدي, ابوالقاسم, and اله, n.d.). The book…
Badule Khorgosh aar Pagrai Babu (Badule Rabbit and Pagrai Babu)
A recreation of Carroll's 'A Mad Tea Party' in Hemendra Kumar Ray's 'Ajob Deshe Amola,' a translation/adaptation of Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Note the turban on Pagrai-Babu, part of the indigenization…
Beral (cat)
The 'beral' or cat from Sukumar Ray's Ha-ja-ba-ra-la, an adaptation of Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This novella has been considered as one of the earliest examples of nonsensical literature produced in India.
Bluher va Budhasef (Bluher and Budhasef)
This book, deemed to have stemmed from Indian oral tradition, tells the story of Siddhartha who abandoned the palace of his father under the influence of his mentor, Bluher. One of the lithographed editions was used to supply part of the Elementary…