xiii, [11]-248 p. front., illus., plates, ports. 21 cm.
Notes
Édition de luxe; 508 copies printed for subscribers.
Contents
CONTENTS: COLONIAL DAYS WOMEN IN THE EARLY SETTLEMENT A GROUP OF EARLY POETESSES COLONIAL DAMES. OLD LANDMARKS WEDDINGS AND MERRY-MAKINGS LEGEND AND ROMANCE
Domestic economy, or, How to make hard times good and good times better designed to aid in the successful management of the affairs of the family, the home, and the individual
Through colonial doorways.--The meschianza.--New York balls and receptions.--The American philosophical society.--The Wistar parties.--A bundle of old love letters.--The Philadelphia dancing assemblies.
Physical geography; The Indians; Discoveries and settlements prior to the first permanent english colony; Virginia until 1688; Maryland until 1688; Carolinas until 1688; New England to the planting of Connecticut in 1636; New England from the planting of Connecticut in 1636-1688; New York to 1688; New Jersey to 1688; Pennsylvania to 1688; Effect of the colonies of the Revolution of 1688; New England from 1688 to 1756; New York from 1688 to 1756; New Jersey from 1688 to 1756; Pennsylvania and Delaware from 1688 to 1756; Maryland from 1688 to 1756; Virginia from 1688 to 1756; Carolinas from 1688 to 1756; Georgia from its settlement to 1756; Literature in the colonies.
xvi, 470 p. , [26] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Series
Macmillan's standard library
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
Chapters: Homes of the colonists / How homes were lighted / The kitchen fireside / Foods and the serving of food / Flax and wool culture and spinning / Girls occupations / Hand weaving / Clothing / Travel, transportation and taverns / How Sundays were spent / Colonial neighborliness. With many photos and illustrations.
Published in 1890, the book tells the history of the Germans who took part in the wars of the United States, from the early Colonial days until the book's publication in 1890.
