THE GROWTH OF JUVENILE LITERATURE

GROWTH OF JUVENILE LITERATURE

A PARTIAL INDICATION, BY DIAGRAM

FRENCH IMPETUS

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Jean de La Fontaine[6][7] | Charles Perrault[6][7] Comtesse D’Aulnoy[6][7]

(1621–1695) | (1628–1703) (1650–1705)

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ENGLISH IMPETUS | |

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Horn-books | Mother Goose |

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+-------+ | Oliver Goldsmith[3]-------John Newbery[3]

| | | (1728–1774) (1713–1767)

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Chap-books | +------------+ |

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New England Primer | |

| Jean Jacques Rousseau[6][7] Isaiah Thomas[4]

| (1712–1778) (1749–1831)

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DIDACTIC SCHOOL

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Sarah Kirby Trimmer[3]--------------------------------+

(1741–1810) |

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Joseph Jacotot[6][7][11] F. Froebel[8][12] F. A. W. Diesterweg[8][12] | C. G. Salzmann[12]

(1770–1840) (1782–1852) (1790–1866) | (1744–1811)

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Madame de Arnaud Berquin[6][7] | R. L. Edgeworth[3] | John Aikin[3] | Thomas Day[3] Maria

Genlis[7] (1749?-1791) | (1744–1817) | (1747–1821) | (1748–1789) Edgeworth[3]

(1746–1830) | | | | (1767–1849)

| | Anna L. Barbauld[3][11] | |

| | (1743–1825) | |

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| Mme. Le Prince de Hannah More[3] tr. Mary Wollstonecraft[3]

| Beaumont[6][10] (1745–1833) [Godwin]

| (1711–1780) | (1759–1797)

| | Patty More | Dr. Isaac Watts[3]

| | | | (1674–1748)

| | BOOKS FOR THE POOR | |

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--+-----------------------+---------+--+ | William Godwin[3]------------+

| | | (1756–1836) |

Aikin Mrs. Margaret Scott Gatty[3] | Mrs. Godwin[3] William Blake[3]

(1809–1873) | | (1757–1827)

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Peter Parley Robert Raikes[3] Mary Lamb Charles Lamb[3]

S. G. Goodrich[5] (1735–1811) (1765–1847) (1775–1834)

(1793–1860) | |

| | +----------------Jane Taylor[3]

William Martin[3] | | (1783–1824)

(1801–1867) | Mrs. Cecil Ann Taylor[3]

| | Frances Alexander (1782–1866)

SPURIOUS PARLEYS | (b. circa 1830) |

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Jacob Abbott[5] | +---------------R. L. Stevenson[3]

(1803–1879) | (1850–1894)

[13] SUNDAY SCHOOLS [14]

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Mary M. Sherwood Manzoni[9] Catherine Sinclair[3]

(1775–1851) (1784–1873) (1800–1864)

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