Cousin Lively’s Picture Book of Nice Little Games for Nice Little Girls
Cousin Lively (pseudonym). Cousin Lively’s Picture Book of Nice Little Games for Nice Little Girls. London: Dean & Son, 1859.
Nice Little Games for Nice Little Girls was one of several volumes of amusements issued by Dean & Sons in the 1850s and 60s. Other books in the Mamma and Papa Lovechild series included Nice Little Games for Nice Little Boys, Picture Book of Games and Pastimes (for older children), and The Pleasing Book of Boy’s Sports. Dean offered many books in series, often named after a “relative” – Sister Lady-Bird, Brother Sunshine, and so on. These rather similar books are differentiated by the gender and age of their prospective audiences. Our book is distinctly meant for girls, and it provides a number of clues for the modern reader about what that meant to the anonymous compiler. Read more about this book on our blog.
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