George; The Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Boy: A Sketch for Young Children

George; The Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Boy: A Sketch for Young Children

Author: E. O. [Eliza Osborn]

Year: 1864

"Preface to the adult reader, p. 3-4, dated at Philadelphia, Jan. 1860. /> By Eliza Osborn, who apparently was a student at the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. Her book Little Mercy (1857) was ascribed to "a pupil of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind." Copyright 1859 by Eliza Osborn. In paper cover; cover printed in gilt ink. "Note. From the pen of a gentleman who warmly sympathizes in George's affliction."--Page 33. "Original architectural designs, from the land of darkness and silence. By George W. Bailey. Drawn on the slate used by the blind, with movable types. ... Fancied names of the drawings. 1. English Gothic cottage. 2. The grand opera house. 3. The cathedral. 4. The Hindoo temple."--Page [35]. Four numbered plates of the buildings follow. Alphabet in raised type appears after plate 4. "Deaf and dumb alphabet."--Folded plate featuring diagrams of hands forming the letters of the alphabet appears after the raised alphabet plate.