Nursery Government: Or Hints Addressed To Mothers And Nurserymaids On The Management Of Young Children

London: Chapman And Hall, 1845. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good +. X, 11-79 Pp. Green Cloth Over Flexible Card Covers, Gilt Lettering, Embossed Borders. A Very Scarce Book Of Advice, Viz "Whatever Number Of Children You Have Under Your Care, Be It One, Be It More, Think Only Of Them..." All Gilt Brilliant And Complete, Light Rubbing At Corners, No Marks Or Stains. Scarce; Worldcat Shows Only Five Institutional Holdings, Including One At Harvard. Louisa Mary Bacon Was Associated With Her Father In The Editorship Of The Quarterly Musical Magazine And Review. A Talented Musician With A Fine Voice, She Played From Score At Sight. After Her Marriage With John Barwell, Wine Merchant At Norwich (Born 1798, Died 1876), She Devoted Attention To Educational Works, Developing A Comprehension Of Child Nature, Physical And Mental. She Contributed To The Quarterly Journal Of Education From About The Year 1831, Anticipating Later Views And Plans Of Education. Her Husband, Who Shared Her Interest In This Subject, Was Largely Instrumental In Securing The Success Of A Scheme By Which A Charity Day-School For Girls At Norwich Was Converted Into An Industrial Training-School For Girls. With Philipp Emanuel Von Fellenberg, In Whose School At Hofwyl Near Berne Their Sons Were Placed, The Barwells Formed A Close Friendship. In The Literary Society Of Norwich, As Portrayed By Harriet Martineau, Mrs. Barwell Held An Important Place. Her Closest Friend Was Lady Noel Byron, Whose Correspondence With Her Was Constant, And Whose Papers She Arranged, In The Later Years Of Lady Byron's Life. She Survived Her Friend Nearly A Quarter Of A Century, Dying On 2 February 1885, Leaving Four Sons And A Daughter.Her Publications Were: 'Little Lessons For Little Learners,' 1883 (In Monosyllables; Fourteen Subsequent Editions).,'The Value Of Time,' 1834, 'The Value Of Money,' 1834, 'Little Lessons For Little Learners,' 2Nd Series, 1835 (Many Subsequent Editions), 'The Elder Brother,' 1835, 'Edward The Crusader's Son,' 2 Vols., 1836, 'Remember, Or Mamma's Birthday,' 1837, 'Nursery Government,' 1837,. 'Sunday Lessons For Little Children,' 1838, The Novel Adventures Of Tom Thumb The Great, Showing How He Visited The Insect World And Learned Much Wisdom,' 1838, 'Trials Of Strength, Moral And Physical,' 1839, 'The Nursery Maid,' 1839, 'Letters From Hofwyl,' 1842 (Published At Lady Byron's Suggestion), 'Gilbert Harland, Or Good In Everything,' 1850, 'Childhood's Hours,' 1851 (Ordered By The Queen To Be Used In The Royal Nursery), 'Flora's Horticultural Fête,' 1880 (Poem For The Benefit Of The Children's Infirmary Established At Norwich By Her Friend Jenny Lind-Goldschmidt). See "Barwell, Louisa Mary". Dictionary Of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885-1900.