OLD-TIME SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL-BOOKS - online book

An Illustrated history & description Of Schools in the 18th & 19th Centurys.

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166 Old-time Schools and School-books
about Mid-way between the Governors and Dr. Gardiner's in Marlborough Street."
The publishing was not by any means confined to the large cities. In New England, the chief source of school-book supply, every town of any con­sequence and enterprise seemed to have its text­book publishers. The compilers were very apt to put forth their books from the town where they lived. Thus, Hartford, which was the home of an unusual number of prolific text-book authors, was for a time the most important educational publish­ing centre in America.
A Fly-leaf Animal.
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