Finger posts on the way of life
Boston: L. P. Crown & Co., 61 Cornhill; Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, 48 N. Fourth St. 1853. 16mo, pp. 214; engraved frontispiece by Sartain; original red cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; spine sunned, gift inscription to R. P. Watkins from his mother dated 1853, else very good. Timothy Shay Arthur was a prolific author and publisher (Wright attributing over 75 titles to his credit), best known for his didactic, moralistic and simple stories. He was closely associated with the Temperance movement, having written the influential Ten Nights in a Bar-room and What I Saw There, which was adapted into a popular play. "Virtually forgotten now, Arthur did much to articulate and disseminate the values, beliefs, and habits that defined respectable, decorous middle-class life in America" (Wikipedia). Wright II, 91 (variant imprint). Item #57420
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