"In the present work, I have ventured to treat a subject usually presented in a systematic form, in a somewhat colloquial manner, taking often a story-teller's latitude in the use of phraseology, in the method of illustration, and in the arrangement of facts. ... It is this adaptation of geography to early instruction, that has brought it into almost universal use, as a first study for children."--Preface, signed "P.P.", p. [v]-vi. Includes questions for study.

Cover title: Peter Parley's geography for children.

By Samuel G. Goodrich. Cf. his Recollections of a lifetime (New York, 1856), v. 2, p. 540.

Massachusetts copyright 1829 by Samuel G. Goodrich.

Each paragraph numbered.

In printed stiff-paper covers with cloth spine.

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Rare Book copy: Pages 75-78 wanting; pages 33-34 bound after p. 38.