bib info: Connecticut Spectator. Middletown, Connecticut. April 20, 1814 (p. 4, col 2-4); April 27, 1814 (p. 4, col 2-3); May 4, 1814 (p. 4, col 2-4); May 11, 1814 (p. 4, col 2-3); May 18, 1814 (p. 4, col 2-3); May 25, 1814 (p. 4, col 2-3)

note: Intent on educating himself, Goodrich studied French with Mr. Value, who started a school in Hartford in 1811: "... to practice myself in French, I translated Chateaubriand's René. One of my friends [Simeon L. Loomis] had just established a newspaper at Middletown, and my translation was published there." (Recollections, vol 2, p. 62) René is the companion work to Atala, which had been published in 1802 (Boston: Caleb Bingham, 1802; the AAS has a copy). A different translation of René was published in book form in 1815 (Boston: Cummings & Hilliard, 1815; Early American imprints, 2nd series, #34330).

bib info: Hartford: Sheldon & Goodrich, and Simeon L. Loomis, 1816. 5 vols: vol 1, 953 pp.; vol 2, 1014 pp.; vol 3, 916 pp.; vol 4, 704 pp.; vol 5, 722 pp. 14 illustrations total; several signed "Anderson" (probably Alexander Anderson)

note: Goodrich recalls, "... my friend George Sheldon having established himself as a bookseller and publisher, he invited me to become his partner--and this I did, early in the year 1816. We pursued the business for nearly two years, during which time we published, among other works, Scott's Family Bible, in five volumes quarto--a considerable enterprise for that period, in a place like Hartford." (Recollections, vol 2, p. 76)

Actually, Goodrich joined Sheldon in 1815, as evidenced by an advertisement in the Connecticut Mirror for this bible. The Scott's Family Bible originally was proposed by Loomis & Richards, of Middletown, Connecticut, in 1814; the proposal & subscriptions were then transferred to Horatio G. Hale & Simeon L. Loomis, of Hartford; the bible was advertised in the Connecticut Mirror: "The several editions which have been published, have been received by the public with an ardor and approbation hitherto unknown.--These editions are now nearly out of print, or are taken up by subscribers, which has induced the publishers to offer a Connecticut Edition, which it is hoped, will, at least, prove equally favourable to the subscriber, in price and quality, to any hitherto offered the public." (August 21, 1815: p. 3, col 5)

Sheldon & Goodrich then were brought into the project: "SHELDON & GOODRICH, and SIMEON L. LOOMIS, will publish the Edition of SCOTT'S FAMILY BIBLE heretofore proposed by HORATIO G. HALE and SIMEON L. LOOMIS. ... The work will be put to press in January 1816, and the first number will appear soon after." (November 27, 1815: p. 3, col 3)

Sheldon L. Loomis became sole publisher in May 1817: "Simeon L. Loomis having purchased of Sheldon & Goodrich, their share in the Hartford edition of Scott's Family Bible, the publication of the work and all other concerns connected with it, will be conducted by him." ["Notice." Connecticut Mirror (5 May 1817): p. 3, col 4.

On the title page of 1816 volumes, Loomis is listed, with Hart & Lincoln, as printer. In some volumes from 1817 and 1818, the title page lists Loomis as sole publisher, with no change in the printers; a new title page may have been placed in an earlier printing of the book. (My set seems to have been issued at various times: vol 1, 1816; vol 2, 1817; vol 3, 1818; vol 4, 1816; vol 5, 1817.)

The bible was issued in a number of paperbound sections (Number 21 begins with the preface to St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans and ends with I Corinthians 15: 19.) When bound together, the sections form a handful of massive tomes, with annotations that fill at least half the page. Small wood engravings are scattered unevenly through the volumes: my set of all five volumes has 14 illustrations, with five in volume one, four in volume two, one each in volumes three and four, and two in volume five. (A loose illustration was placed in volume one; it illustrates an event in that volume.) Another copy of volume one which I've examined has eight engravings.

bib info: Hartford: Sheldon & Goodrich, 1816. Listed among books for sale by Goodrich on the back cover of Elegant Extracts of Poetry (1818).

bib info: Hartford: Sheldon & Goodrich, 1816. 356 pp. Second American edition, from the second London edition. Translated from the French.

advertisement, Connecticut Mirror (January 29, 1816: p. 3, col 4): Wardlau on the Socinian Controversy; Juvenile Lavater; or, Familiar Explanations of the Passions of Le Brun, by George Brewer; Field of Waterloo, by W. Scott; Clan Albin; The Sisters, Ellen the Teacher, & Says She to Her Neighbor--What?, all by Barbara Hofland.

advertisement, Connecticut Mirror (May 20, 1816: p. 3, col 4): Walter Scott's Letters; Paul's Letters to His Kinsfolk; The Siege of Corinth and Parisina, by Lord Byron (50 cents)

advertisement, Connecticut Mirror (December 16, 1816: p. 3, col 5): works on divinity, law, medicine, surgery, chemistry, history, biography, voyages & travels, geography & topography, classical, & school; "1000 volumes of NOVELS and ROMANCES, suitable for circulating libraries" & complete runs of the Analectic Magazine. (Also, quills, penknives, pencils, crayons, ink, slates, & "Cases of MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS.")

advertisement, Connecticut Mirror (May 5, 1817: p. 3, col 4): several works, including ones by Maria Edgeworth & Amelia Opie; Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts; "Byron's last poems"; "Christabel," by Samuel Coleridge; also pamphlets: "The Triangle," 1st-4th series; "A Sketch of the Life and Character of Dr. Poedagogus the Reformer"; "Dr. Chapin's Sermon at the Funeral of President Dwight"; "A Sketch of the Life and Character of President Dwight," by Benjamin Silliman; "An Oration in Commemoration of the Late President Dwight," by Gardiner Spring; "History of the Young Men's Missionary Society of New-York"; & "Verses to the Memory of the Late Richard Reynolds," by Montgomery.

advertisement, Connecticut Mirror (May 26, 1817: p. 1, col 3): Letters Written by an English Resident at Paris, by Hobhouse; Life and Studies of Benjamin West, by John Galt; A Sermon Delivered at the Opening of the Connecticut Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb. "Printed and sold for the exclusive benefit of the Institution."

advertisement, Connecticut Mirror (June 16, 1817: p. 3, col 5): memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte; "The Triangle," series 5; A Series of Discourses on the Christian Revelation, Viewed in Connexion with Modern Astronomy, by Thomas Chalmers; The Official Reports of the Canal Commissioners of the State of New-York; also The American Monthly and Critical Review

advertisement, Connecticut Mirror (August 4, 1817: p. 3, col 5)" Lalla Rookh, by Thomas Moore; Life of Robert Fulton, by C. D. Colden; memoirs of William Cowper; & the North American Review.

advertisement, Connecticut Mirror (September 1, 1817: p. 3, col 5): Vindication of the Captors of Major Andre; Analysis of the Mineral Waters of Ballston and Saratoga, by John H. Steele; Captain Riley's narrative; Manfred, by Lord Byron

advertisement, back of #21 of Scott's Holy Bible: Brown's Concordance ("printed to match this, and other quarto editions of the Bible, and will be delivered, stitched, at 62 1/2 Cents each.") Religious tracts: History of the Bible (12 pp.; 100 for 31 cents); Parley the Porter (12 pp.; 100 for 31 cents); Journey from Time to Eternity (8 pp.; 100 for 66 cents); The Swearer's Prayer (8 pp.; 100 for 33 cents); Anecdotes of a Sailor (8 pp.; 100 for 33 cents). Also, The Triangle: A Series of Numbers Upon Three Theological Points; [illegible] Matthew Hales's Letter of Advice, to His Grand-Children (87 1/2 cents); Readings on Poetry; Popular Models and Impressive Warnings, by Mrs. Grant (2 vols; $1); Alison's Sermons (2 vols; $2); Travels of Ali Bey, in Morocco, Tripoli, Cypros, Arabia, Syria, and Turkey (2 vols; $5.50); A Classical Tour Through Italy, by John Eustace (2 vols; $6.50); A Journey Through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, by James Morier ($3); Memoirs of General Moreau

bib info: Hartford: Sheldon & Goodrich, 1817. Listed among books for sale by Goodrich on the back cover of Elegant Extracts of Poetry (1818).

note: Listed in the Connecticut Mirror, May 8, 1820 (p. 3, col 3), as one of the works "Published at the Hartford Sunday School Repository": Goodrich's attempt to provide works specifically for Sunday schools (see the Mirror, April 17, 1820: p. 3, col 4)

In the Connecticut Mirror: "Nearly the whole paper, immediately preceding the election, was filled with pungent matter. I think I filled a column or two myself." (Recollections, vol 2, p. 90)

advertised in Connecticut Mirror (December 29, 1817: p. 3, col 5): "Just published by the subscriber, a stereotype edition of the SCHOOL TESTAMENT, on superiour paper, and at the price of common School Testaments."

note: Listed among books for sale by Goodrich on the back cover of Elegant Extracts of Poetry (1818).

advertisement, Connecticut Mirror (December 29, 1817: p. 3, col 5): includes the school Bible; Webster's Spelling-Book; New-York Expositor; Scott's Lessons; Cumming's Geography; Daboll's Arithmetic; Latin & Greek classics; psalm books; Lectures on the Duties and Qualifications of a Physician, by Gregory; Life of Fanny Woodbury; Life of Mrs. Graham; Keep Cool, "a celebrated humorous novel"; Pilgrims of the Sun, by James Hogg

bib info: Hartford: Samuel G. Goodrich, 1817-1818. "First American from the Eighth London Edition." 2 vols: vol 1, 375 pp.; vol 2, 386 pp. Printed: B. & J. Russell

note: This work was announced as being "in the press," in the Connecticut Mirror (September 8, 1817: p. 3, col 5); the publishers were listed as Sheldon & Goodrich: "The work will be printed from the London edition, and will be comprised in four volumes duodecimo. The three volumes, received by the publishers and now in the press, will be completed in two volumes, of about 350 pages each, ... at $1 per volume. Every person who will obtain six subscribers and be responsible for same, shall have a seventh copy gratis." When George Sheldon died suddenly in autumn 1817, Goodrich bought Sheldon's share of the business; thus the imprint. An advertisement of this work in 1818 noted that "These are the Practical Sermons of Cooper, without his Doctrinal Sermons.... This edition comes at $2 for 2 vols. and is the cheapest book in market. The Brookfield edition has the Doctrinal Sermons added, and comes at $5." (Connecticut Mirror, May 4, 1818, p. 3, col 5)

Periodicals: "The subscriber is sole agent in this City, for the following periodical works": Edinburgh Review; Quarterly Review; North American Review; Christian Observer; Panoplist; Analectic Magazine; Port Folio; American Magazine; New-England Journal of Medicine and Surgery (Connecticut Mirror, January 12, 1818: p. 3, col 5)

Books, Connecticut Mirror (January 12, 1818: p. 3, col 5): Robbins' Journal; Owen's History of the British and Foreign Bible Society; Scott's Reply to the Bishop of Lincoln; An Inquiry into the Effect of Baptism, by John Scott

advertisement, Connecticut Mirror (May 4, 1818: p. 3, col 3-5): Goodrich apparently dug deep into the coffers & submitted an advertisement of practically every book in his bookstore, barring novels & collections of poetry. Detailed listings include works on theology, law, medicine, chemistry, botany, classical works, school books, biographies, histories, gazetteers, & periodicals. Also, "12 kinds of Toy-Books."

advertisement, Connecticut Mirror (October 19, 1818: p. 3, col 5): "The subscriber has purchased during the last month upwards of six thousand volumes, which added to his former stock of Books, renders his assortment one of the most extensive and complete in New-England." Among the works are Dibdin's London Theatre; Bacon's Essays; works by Rabelais, Milton, Cowper, Burns, Chaucer, Spencer, Dryden, "and generally all the British Classicks." Also, children's books: "More than one hundred and fifty different kinds, including Sunday School Books of various sorts; books with coloured engravings, an entirely new style; religious tracts, &c."

advertisement, Connecticut Mirror (November 23, 1818: p. 3, col 5): The Identity of Junius; Floræ Philadelphicæ, by W. P. C. Barton; Botanical Terminology; Anecdotes of Rob Roy and his Family; Correction (novel); also several catechisms

bib info for 2nd ed: Hartford: Samuel G. Goodrich, 1820.

note: Described on the back of Elegant Extracts of Poetry (1818) as a work that Goodrich "will soon put to press". Advertised in Connecticut Mirror, May 4, 1818 (p. 3, col 5) in a list of works which Goodrich "now has or will soon have in press." The second edition is advertised in the Connecticut Mirror, January 10, 1820 (p. 3, col 5): "Just Published, and for sale by the subscriber, the second edition of 'ELEMENTS OF THE GREEK GRAMMAR,' taken chiefly from the Grammar of C. F. Hachruberg."

note: Advertised in Connecticut Mirror, May 4, 1818 (p. 3, col 5). Listed among books for sale by Goodrich on the back cover of Elegant Extracts of Poetry (1818).

note: Advertised in Connecticut Mirror, May 4, 1818 (p. 3, col 5)

bib info: Hartford: Samuel G. Goodrich, 1818. Advertised in the Connecticut Mirror, October 19, 1818 (p. 3, col 5) & in The Times (Hartford, CT), February 2, 1819 (p. 3, col 5).

bib info: Hartford: S. G. Goodrich, 1818. 104 p. On cover: Elegant Extracts in Poetry.

bib info: Hartford: Peter B. Gleason & Co., & S. G. Goodrich, 1818. 322 p.

note: Advertised in the Connecticut Mirror (June 16, 1817: p. 3, col 5). Listed among books for sale by Goodrich on the back cover of Elegant Extracts of Poetry (1818).

bib info: Hartford: Samuel G. Goodrich, 1818. 239 p.

bib info: Hartford: S. G. Goodrich, 1818.

note: Goodrich describes the book in his Recollections: "It was, I think, in 1818, that I published a small tract, entitled 'T'other side of Ohio'--that is, the other view, in contrast to the popular notion that it was the paradise of the world. It was written by Dr. Hand--a talented young physician of Berlin--who had made a visit to the West about these days. It consisted mainly of vivid but painful pictures of the accidents and incidents attending this wholesale migration." (vol 2, p. 80)

bib info: Hartford: Samuel G. Goodrich, 1818. 72 p. Shaw lists the complete title as Deaf and Dumb; or, The Abbe de l'Epee; an historical drama founded upon very interesting facts. From the French of M. [Jean Nicolas] Bouilly."

bib info: Hartford: Samuel G. Goodrich, 1818. 72 p.

note: Probably described on the back of Elegant Extracts of Poetry (1818) as "Hartford Hymns," a work that Goodrich "will soon put to press"; and Advertised as "Hartford Hymns" in Connecticut Mirror, May 4, 1818 (p. 3, col 5)

bib info: Hartford: S. G. Goodrich, 1818. 2 vol in one.

bib info: Hartford: Samuel G. Goodrich, 1818. Perhaps listed in the Connecticut Mirror, May 8, 1820 (p. 3, col 3), as one of the works "Published at the Hartford Sunday School Repository": Goodrich's attempt to provide works specifically for Sunday schools (see the Mirror, April 17, 1820: p. 3, col 4)

bib info: Hartford: Samuel G. Goodrich, 1818. Printed by Simeon Lincoln. 384 pp., with 78-page Chronological Table. "From the seventh British edition." Includes "The History Continued from the Close of the Seventeenth Century to the General Peace of Europe in 1815," by Thomas Robbins, a "Chronological Table" beginning with "The Creation of the World" in 4004 BC; the "Chronological List of celebrated men" mentioned in the advertisement below is incorporated into this table.

note: From the preface: "The following Work contains the Outlines of a course of Lectures on General History, delivered for many years in the University of Edinburgh, and received with a portion of the public approbation sufficient to compensate the labours of the Author. He began to compose these Elements principally with the view of furnishing an aid to the Students attending those Lectures; but soon conceived, that by giving a little more amplitude to their composition, he might render the Work of more general utility."

Advertised in the Connecticut Mirror (December 21, 1818: p. 3, col 4): "The subscriber has published this week 'TYTLER'S ELEMENTS of GENERAL HISTORY' ... The public are informed that this is the celebrated work of Professor Tytler, ... which has been hitherto considered so perfect as to render all attempts to supersede it entirely futile. The present edition is printed from the 7th English edition, with about 70 pages added by the Rev. Mr. Robbins, of Windsor.--This addition brings the work down to the peace of 1815, and renders the work complete. The former editions of this work, have been sold without the continuation by Mr. Robbins, at $2,80--the present, containing 480 unusually large duodecimo pages; comprising beside the history, a comparative view of ancient and modern Geography; a very complete Chronological Table; and a Chronological List of celebrated men, is offered at $1,50."

bib info: Hartford: Samuel G. Goodrich, 1818. 69 p.

advertisement, Connecticut Mirror (July 26, 1819: p. 3, col 5): Memoirs of the Life and Campaigns of Major General Greene, by Charles Caldwell; Hermit in America, by Peter Atall; Salmagundi, 2nd series ("The subscriber is sole agent in this city for this work."); Reciprocal Duties of Parents and Children, by Mrs. Taylor; Johnson's Quarto Dictionary. Novels: A Year and a Day; Campbell, or The Scottish Probationer. Poetry: The Ocean Harp, and other Poems; Human Life, by Samuel Robers; Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress, "supposed to be written by Thomas Moore"; Moore's Melodies, "containing several pieces never before published"

advertisement, Connecticut Mirror (September 6, 1819: p. 3, col 5): Mineral Waters, by Reuben Sears; Sermons on Practical Subjects, by William Barlass; Spanish America; A Practical Synopsis of Cutaneous Diseases, by Thomas Bateman; Observations on the Distinguishing Symptoms of Pulmonary Consumption, by Andrew Duncan. At that time, Goodrich was anticipating receiving copies of Mazeppa & Don Juan, by Lord Byron; Emeline; The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon

prospectus: The prospectus was published in The Times (Hartford, CT) (February 2 1819: p. 3, col 4):

PROSPECTUS
Of a new Literary Micellany [sic], to be published
in the city of Hartford, called the
Connecticut Magazine,
TO BE DIVIDED INTO FIVE GENERAL DEPARTMENTS.
--
I. AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY.
II. ESSAYS.
III. EXTRACTS.
IV. POETRY.
V. INTELLIGENCE.
-----

The magazine was to be issued monthly, at 48 pages for $3.50, and would be "occasionally ornamented with vignettes by the Graphic company." Publication would begin when Goodrich received "adequate subscription." He promised much: "In proposing this work to the public, it is tho't proper to state, that mature and extensive arrangements are made, and that no reasonable expense will be spared to produce a work that may claim permanent patronage. Beside the regular and certain assistance engaged, including several distinguished literary characters in this city, the publisher will pay liberally for all well written original pieces which come within the scope of the work."

There's no indication that the magazine was published. The Round Table, however, appeared later that year; Goodrich may have thus used material already planned for the Connecticut Magazine.

note: The writings of a literary club which included Goodrich, J. M. Wainwright, Isaac Toucey, William L. Stone, Jonathan Law, and S. H. Huntington. Goodrich wrote: "The first meeting was at my house.... I also published three or four numbers of a small work entitled the 'Round Table,' the articles of which were written by different members of the club." (Recollections, vol 2, pp. 109-110) This periodical was advertised in the Connecticut Mirror, August 23, 1819 (p. 3, col 5): "Just published, and for sale by S. G. GOODRICH, THE ROUND TABLE. No. 1. BY GEORGE BICKERSTAFFE, & OTHERS."

Issue #2 was advertised in the Connecticut Mirror, October 18, 1819 (p. 3, col 4)

Issue #3 was advertised in the Connecticut Mirror, March 6, 1820 (p. 3, col 4).

note: Advertised in Connecticut Mirror, August 30, 1819: p. 3, col 4

bib info: Hartford: Samuel G. Goodrich, 1819. 24 p. Shaw lists two issues.

note: Advertised in the Connecticut Mirror, September 6, 1819 (p. 3, col 5): "SAMUEL G. GOODRICH, Has Just Published, THE SQUARE TABLE. BY A LADY ABBESS, AND HER ASSOCIATES. A Counterpart to THE ROUND TABLE. Price 12 1/2 cents."

The Connecticut Mirror reprinted "The Memorial of Friend Rachel." (September 13, 1819: p. 2, col 1)

bib info: Hartford: Samuel G. Goodrich, 1819. 70 p. Printed by Lincoln & Stone

note: The illustration on the engraved title page was drawn by R. Westall and was engraved by W. H. Bassett.

bib info: Hartford: Samuel G. Goodrich, 1819. 224 p.

note: Advertised in the Connecticut Mirror, March 6, 1820 (p. 4, col 1): "TO AGRICULTURALISTS. JUST PUBLISHED. And for sale by the subscriber, THE FARMER'S MANUAL, BEING a plain practical treatise on the art of Husbandry, designed to promote an acquaintance with the modern improvements in Agriculture, together with REMARKS ON GARDENING, And a Treatise on the management of BEES. Price 75 cents. This work is a close printed duodecimo volume, and contains a great deal of practical matter, which cannot fail to be interesting to all farmers, and particularly to such as are anxious to acquaint themselves with the great variety of information which the last five years have added on the important subject of husbandry. If a person takes five copies, a sixth will be added gratis."

bib info: Hartford: Samuel G. Goodrich, 1819. 239 p. Printed by G. J. Newcomb, Deerfield.

bib info: Hartford: Samuel G. Goodrich, 1819. 166 p. Printed: Lincoln & Stone. Advertised in Connecticut Mirror, August 30, 1819: p. 3, col 4

note: This work won its printers some praise at the Hartford Cattle Show and Fair, October 6-7, 1819: "Messrs. Lincoln & Stone, printers of this city, left with the committee for general inspection, a superb copy of Goldsmith's Poems, printed by them the present season. In point of typographical elegance, the committee have seen nothing of American workmanship which equals it." ("Report To the Executive Committee of the Hartford County Agricultural Society." Connecticut Mirror, October 11 1819: p. 3, col 2) Amusingly, in the same report reprinted in the October 12, 1819 issue of The Times (Hartford, CT), this paragraph is missing. The Times dabbled in book-publishing and some other printing; perhaps the editor was reluctant to advertise a competitor. (Goodrich seems to have advertised only once in The Times, and Lincoln & Stone not at all.)

bib info: Hartford: S. G. Goodrich, 1819. 144 p. Advertised in Connecticut Mirror, August 30, 1819: p. 3, col 4

bib info: Hartford: S. G. Goodrich, 1819. Bib info for second ed: Hartford: Goodrich, 1820. 188 p.

note: Goodrich claimed authorship of this work in 1856: "I wrote, myself, a small arithmetic ... and published [it]." (Recollections of a Lifetime, vol 2, p. 112) The LOC notes that the book is "[a]lso attributed to William Bentley Fowle." The preface to the second edition (which is the only edition I've examined) says that the book is by the author of The Child's Arithmetic. In the advertisement of the first edition in the Connecticut Mirror, Goodrich is listed as the seller: "THE YOUTH'S ARITHMETIC, For Sale by S. G. GOODRICH, Price 25 cents." (November 29, 1819: p. 3, col 4)

advertisement, Connecticut Mirror (January 10, 1820: p. 3, col 5): a "new edition of the 'MUSICA SACRA,' just received"

advertisement, Connecticut Mirror (January 24, 1820: p. 3, col 5): Moral Sketches, by Hannah Moore; Sophia; or, The Dangerous Indiscretion; Greenland, by Montgomery [poem]; Fatal Jest, by W. S. Scott [poem]; Hesitation--Mrs. and Miss Taylor's Correspondence; Tales of the Hall, by Crabbe; Memoirs of Mrs. Mary Cooper; Affection's Gift; Flora of Louisiana; Fanny [poem]; Burbank's Supplementary Letters from Illinois, and reply to W. Cobbett. Also, Blackwood's Magazine ("The subscriber is agent for this work, and the subscription is now open.")

advertisement, Connecticut Mirror (March 6, 1820: p. 3, col 4): "JUST RECEIVED, AMERICAN DOMESTIC COOKERY, new--a very valuable book."; Practical American Gardener

advertisement, Connecticut Mirror (April 17, 1820: p. 3, col 4): "The subscriber has commenced a Repository of Sunday School books on a plan which he trusts will meet with the approbation of the friends of Sunday Schools, as offering a greater variety of appropriate books, rewards, class books, class papers, sheets of hymns, &c than has heretofore been within their reach, and on terms of accommodation particularly suited to the condition of such schools. A catalogue of the books, &c. to which is annexed some explanations and remarks calculated to assist the teachers of Sunday Schools, will be published in a few days, and will be furnished gratuitously to the friends of the establishment."

advertisement, Connecticut Mirror (May 8, 1820, p. 3, col 3): "SABBATH SCHOOL BOOKS, Published at the Hartford Sunday School Repository"

advertisement, Connecticut Mirror (June 12, 1820: p. 3, col 5): Jocelyn's Bible Atlas: "...consisting of 9 maps, with explanations; illustrative of Scripture History; designed for the use of children and youth."

note: Listed in the Connecticut Mirror, May 8, 1820 (p. 3, col 3), as one of the works "Published at the Hartford Sunday School Repository": Goodrich's attempt to provide works specifically for Sunday schools (see the Mirror, April 17, 1820: p. 3, col 4) Other works on this list were published by Goodrich.

note: Listed in the Connecticut Mirror, May 8, 1820 (p. 3, col 3), as one of the works "Published at the Hartford Sunday School Repository": Goodrich's attempt to provide works specifically for Sunday schools (see the Mirror, April 17, 1820: p. 3, col 4) Other works on this list were published by Goodrich.

note: Listed in the Connecticut Mirror, May 8, 1820 (p. 3, col 3), as one of the works "Published at the Hartford Sunday School Repository": Goodrich's attempt to provide works specifically for Sunday schools (see the Mirror, April 17, 1820: p. 3, col 4) Other works on this list were published by Goodrich.

note: Listed in the Connecticut Mirror, May 8, 1820 (p. 3, col 3), as one of the works "Published at the Hartford Sunday School Repository": Goodrich's attempt to provide works specifically for Sunday schools (see the Mirror, April 17, 1820: p. 3, col 4) Other works on this list were published by Goodrich.

bib info: New Haven, CT: Samuel G. Goodrich, 1820. 93 p. Subtitle: "[T]o which are added original Hymns for Sunday Schools, by the same author."

note: Advertised in the Connecticut Mirror, May 8, 1820 (p. 3, col 3), as one of the works "Published at the Hartford Sunday School Repository": Goodrich's attempt to provide works specifically for Sunday schools (see the Mirror, April 17, 1820: p. 3, col 4) Price: "Price 12 ½ single: $1 per doz.; $7 hundred." Welch #438.32.

note: "[B]y the author of Hymns for Infant Minds. Listed in the Connecticut Mirror, May 8, 1820 (p. 3, col 3), as one of the works "Published at the Hartford Sunday School Repository": Goodrich's attempt to provide works specifically for Sunday schools (see the Mirror, April 17, 1820: p. 3, col 4) Other works on this list were published by Goodrich.

note: "[S]elected by the New-York Sunday School Union Society. Price 8 cts. single. 87 ½ cts. per doz.; $6 per hundred. This book is used very extensively in New-York, in Hartford and the vicinity. It is the second Hartford edition. The price has been heretofore 15 cents in quantities." So advertised in the Connecticut Mirror, May 8, 1820 (p. 3, col 3), as one of the works "Published at the Hartford Sunday School Repository": Goodrich's attempt to provide works specifically for Sunday schools (see the Mirror, April 17, 1820: p. 3, col 4) Other works on this list were published by Goodrich.

note: Listed in the Connecticut Mirror, May 8, 1820 (p. 3, col 3), as one of the works "Published at the Hartford Sunday School Repository": Goodrich's attempt to provide works specifically for Sunday schools (see the Mirror, April 17, 1820: p. 3, col 4) Other works on this list were published by Goodrich.

bib info: New Haven, CT: S. G. Goodrich, 1820. 24 p.

note: Advertised in the Connecticut Mirror, May 8, 1820 (p. 3, col 3): "MEMOIR OF MOWHEE, a young New-Zealander, who died at Paddington, England, on Saturday, Dec. 28, 1816 ... Price 4 cts. single; 42 cts. per doz.; $2 50 per hundred." Listed as one of the works "Published at the Hartford Sunday School Repository": Goodrich's attempt to provide works specifically for Sunday schools (see the Mirror, April 17, 1820: p. 3, col 4). Welch #1452.2.

bib info: Hartford: S. G. Goodrich, 1820. 64 p.

note: Listed in the Connecticut Mirror, May 8, 1820 (p. 3, col 3), as one of the works "Published at the Hartford Sunday School Repository": Goodrich's attempt to provide works specifically for Sunday schools (see the Mirror, April 17, 1820: p. 3, col 4)

bib info: Hartford: S. G. Goodrich, 1820. 24 p.

note: Listed in the Connecticut Mirror, May 8, 1820 (p. 3, col 3), as one of the works "Published at the Hartford Sunday School Repository": Goodrich's attempt to provide works specifically for Sunday schools (see the Mirror, April 17, 1820: p. 3, col 4)

bib info: Hartford: Samuel G. Goodrich, 1820. 120 p.

note: Price, 50 cents. [from an advertisement in A Grammar of Chemistry, by J. L. Comstock]

bib info: Hartford: Samuel G. Goodrich, 1820. Printed: Lincoln & Stone. 2 vol: vol 1, 177 pp.; vol 2, 235 pp. Engravings drawn by E. Tisdale & engraved by W. H. Bassett

note: "...I published an edition of Trumbull's poems, in two volumes, octavo, and paid him a thousand dollars, and a hundred copies of the work, for the copyright. I was seriously counseled against this by several booksellers--and, in fact, Trumbull had sought a publisher, in vain, for several years previous. ... For so considerable an enterprise, I took the precaution to get a subscription, in which I was tolerably successful. The work was at last produced, but it did not come up to the public expectation, or the patriotic zeal had cooled, and more than half the subscribers declined taking the work." (Recollections, vol 2, p. 111)

In the book: Vol 1: biography of Trumbull; "M'Fingal." Vol 2: "Progress of Dulness"; "Genius of America"; "Lines to Messrs. Dwight and Barlow"; "Ode to Sleep"; "To a Young Lady--A Fable"; "Speech of Proteus--A Translation"; "Prophecy of Balaam"; "Owl and Sparrow--A Fable"; "Prospect of the Future Glory of America"; "On the Vanity of Youthful Expectations"; "Adivce to Ladies of a certain Age"; "Characters"; Elegy, on the Death of Mr. St. John"; "Destruction of Babylon"; "Elegy on the Times"

bib info: Hartford: S. G. Goodrich, 1820. 106 p.

note: Listed in the Connecticut Mirror, May 8, 1820 (p. 3, col 3), as one of the works "Published at the Hartford Sunday School Repository": Goodrich's attempt to provide works specifically for Sunday schools (see the Mirror, April 17, 1820: p. 3, col 4)

bib info: Hartford: Samuel G. Goodrich, and Huntington & Hopkins. Printed: P. B. Goodsell. 6 vols.

note: Subscribers were sought in Connecticut Mirror, June 18, 1821 (p. 3, col 4): "THE WAVERLEY NOVELS COMPLETE AT TEN DOLLARS. S. G. GOODRICH, AND HUNTINGTON & HOPKINS, Propose to publish by subscription, a cheap and elegant edition of the celebrated NOVELS, TALES AND ROMANCES, BY THE AUTHOR OF WAVERLEY Consisting of Waverley; Guy Mannering; Rob Roy; Antiquary; Ivanhoe; Monastery; Abbot; Kennelworth; Tales of My Landlord, 1st, 2d, and 3d series, containing the Black Dwarf, Old Mortality, Heart of Mid-Lotian, Bride of Lammermoor, and Legend of Montrose. The common price of the foregoing Works is 22 dollars in boards; the lowest price at which they have hitherto been offered is 16 dollars 50 cents. ... Should there be any future novels by the same author, they will be published to match this edition, and be delivered to subscribers at the same rate."

In the books: The Antiquary and Rob Roy were published in one volume. Tales of My Landlord, 2d series includes The Heart of Mid-lothian. Tales of My Landlord, 2d series includes The Bride of Lammermoor and A Legend of Montrose.

bib info: Hartford: S. G. Goodrich, & Huntington & Hopkins, 1821. 512 pp.

bib info for 2nd ed: Hartford, Samuel G. Goodrich, 1822. 208 p.

note: First edition announced in the Connecticut Mirror, November 19, 1821 (p. 3, col 4): "The subscriber has in press and will be offered for sale by the booksellers next week, a work on Geography, for the use of schools, of the following title;--'RUDIMENTS OF GEOGRAPHY,' ... by William C. Woodbridge, ... price $1 25. ... Teachers and school committees can be supplied with the work for examination, gratis." The book was advertised as for sale by Huntington & Hopkins in the Connecticut Mirror, December 3, 1821 (p. 3, col 5) Apparently it was quite popular: an advertisement in the Mirror for the second edition claims that "the first edition was sold in sixty days after its publication, and ... the publisher had orders for 2000 copies more before the second could be completed." (May 20, 1822: p. 3, col 4) The second edition was advertised in the Mirror, May 20, 1822 (p. 3, col 4), "[f]or sale by [Goodrich], and the booksellers generally." Goodrich refers to this work in his Recollections: "William C. Woodbridge, one of the teachers of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, at this time projected a school geography, in which I assisted him--mostly in preparing the details of the work for the press, and in the mechanical department. When an edition of it was finally ready--after long and anxious labor, both on his part and mine--the state of my health compelled me to relinquish it." (vol 2, p. 113)

Two atlases were published to accompany this work: "S. G. Goodrich has published two Atlases to accompany this work; a larger Atlas, which appeared with the first edition, and a minor Atlas with four maps, recently prepared. Teachers and Booksellers who order the Geography, will please to be particular in designating which Atlas they wish." [from notice in A Grammar of Chemistry]

bib info: Hartford: S. G. Goodrich, 1822.

note: One of two atlases published to accompany Rudiments of Geography, on a New Plan: "S. G. Goodrich has published two Atlases to accompany this work; a larger Atlas, which appeared with the first edition, and a minor Atlas with four maps, recently prepared. Teachers and Booksellers who order the Geography, will please to be particular in designating which Atlas they wish." [from notice in A Grammar of Chemistry]

bib info: Hartford: Samuel G. Goodrich, 1822. 16 leaves.

note: One of two atlases published to accompany Rudiments of Geography, on a New Plan: "S. G. Goodrich has published two Atlases to accompany this work; a larger Atlas, which appeared with the first edition, and a minor Atlas with four maps, recently prepared. Teachers and Booksellers who order the Geography, will please to be particular in designating which Atlas they wish." [from notice in A Grammar of Chemistry]

bib info: Hartford: n. p., 1822. 2 vol. Vol 1, 420 pp.; vol 2, 332 pp. Printed: E. & H. Clark, Middletown, CT

note: Goodrich's name does not appear on the title page of either volume; he's listed on the copyright page of volume 1 (there is no copyright page in volume 2). Given some of the subjects in volume 2, Goodrich may have had little to do with that volume.

From the preface, vol 1: "The object of this work is not to play upon credulity, or minister food to superstition. On the contrary, its design is to instruct those who read it, by introducing them to an acquaintance with the wonderful works of Nature and Art, and with some of the most extraordinary deeds and occurrences, which the history of man affords.

in the books: Vol 1: "Atmospherical Phenomena"; "Mountains; "Subterranean Curiosities"; "Earthquakes"; "Connexion of Earthquakes with Volcanoes"; "Basaltic and Rocky Curiosities"; "Natural Bridges"; "Geological Changes"; "Mines"; "Miscellaneous Subjects Connected with Mineralogy"; "Salt Mines"; "Phenomena of the Ocean"; "Rivers"; "Lakes"; "Cataracts and Cascades"; "Springs and Wells"; "Bituminous and Mud Lakes"; "Miscellaneous Curiosities of Nature"; "Curiosities of Art"; "Pyramids, Monuments, &c."; "Egyptian Temples and Monuments"; "Canals and Bridges"; "Fortresses"; "Ruins"; "Miscellaneous Curiosities of Art." With 24 illustrations printed at the end of the volume.
Vol 2: "Remarkable Escapes"; "Curious Medical Cases"; "Curious Inventions"; "Robberies, Murders, Swindling, &c."; "Battles, Heroism, Sieges, &c."; "Extraordinary Powers of Mind or Memory, Anecdotes of Eminent Persons, &c."; "Battles, &c."; "Predictions, Dreams, Warnings, Omens, Juggling, Supposed Ghosts, Supposed Witchcraft, &c."; "Instinct, Affection of Brutes, &c."; "Historical and Miscellaneous Facts, Stories, &c."; "Strange and Curious Things"; "Shipwrecks"; "Saints, Relics, &c."

bib info: Hartford: S. G. Goodrich, 1822. 216 p. "From the 12th London edition."

note: Price, 75 cents. Apparently intended as the first volume of a series "which shall comprise a complete course of Natural Science"; the second volume was A Grammar of Chemistry, by J. L. Comstock.

bib info: Hartford: S. G. Goodrich, 1822. 250 p.: text, pp. 10-228; vocabulary, pp. 229-245; index, pp. 247-250

note: "This work is designed as the 2d volume of a series, which shall comprise a complete course of Natural Science adapted to the use of schools and academies--the first volume is an improved edition of Blair's Grammar of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, recently published, a notice of which preceeds the title to this work."

From the preface: "The Publisher of this work having it in view to present to the public a series of volumes comprising a complete course of Natural Science, adapted to the use of schools and academies, put into my hands a London copy of Rev. David Blair's Grammar of Chemistry, for the purpose of having it revised and adapted to the foregoing plan. On examination, however, it seemed to be executed with far less felicity than the other works of the same author: it appeared throughout, to display in the writer a want of that intimate and familiar acquaintance with the subject, without which any attempt to adapt it to the capacity of youth must necessarily fail.

"Under these circumstances, the author chose rather to write a new work, adopting the plan only of Blair, which is doubtless excellent. ... [p. iv]

"In the preparation of the work, the author has endeavored to keep carefully in view the capacities of those for whom he has written, and as far as was deemed consistent with accuracy, has preferred common to technical language. He has thought it, however, still more important to illustrate and enforce every step of the pupil's progress by simple illustrations and easy experiments. And as the study of chemistry must be almost fruitless, without experiments actually performed before the pupil, the author has taken pains to select such utensils and such experiments, as to put it in the power of teachers, to perform them in their schools." (pp. iii-iv)

note: Subscriptions were sought in Connecticut Mirror, January 21, 1822 (p. 3, col 5): "For publishing by subscription, a work to be entitled THE CONNECTICUT CIVIL OFFICER, Comprising a compendious and accurate view of the powers and duties of Justices of the Peace, Select Men and Constables; With suitable forms for their most usual and important proceedings. BY JOHN M. NILES, ESQ. Associate Judge of the County Court for Hartford County." The work was "intended to be a convenient and safe guide and directory to Justices of the Peace, Select Men and Constables, in the discharge of their official duties.... It is also intended to form a convenient manual, especially for magistrates ... [and] will contain numerous forms, both in civil and criminal proceedings, calculated to facilitate, and insure accuracy in the discharge of their various official duties. ... The work will contain about 400 large 8vo. pages.... The price to subscribers will be two dollars, payable on delivery. To non subscribers the price will be two dollars fifty cents."

The book was advertised in the Mirror, May 19, 1823 (p. 3, col 5): "HUNTINGTON & HOPKINS, Booksellers and Stationers, Have just published and have for sale at their store, Main-street, (opposite the State House,) Hartford. The Connecticut CIVIL OFFICER, IN THREE PARTS ... Price $1 50.--Persons taking six copies, will be allowed a seventh gratis."

bib info: Connecticut Mirror, August 25, 1823, p. 3.

note: The poem was, Goodrich pointed out, "the first verses ... that I ever published. I gave them to Brainard, then editor of the Mirror, at Hartford, and he inserted them." (Recollections, vol 1, p. 296) Goodrich knew Bishop during his boyhood: "She sometimes visited our family--the only one thus favored in the town--and occasionally remained overnight. She never would eat with us at the table, nor engage in general conversation. Upon her early history she was invariably silent; indeed, she spoke of her affairs with great reluctance. She neither seemed to have sympathy for others, nor to ask it in return. If there was any exception, it was only in respect to the religious exercises of the family: she listened intently to the reading of the Bible, and joined with apparent devotion in the morning and evening prayer. I have very often seen this eccentric personage stealing into the church, or moving along the street, or wending her way through lane and footpath up to her mountain home. She always appeared desirous of escaping notice, and though her step was active, she had a gliding, noiseless movement, which seemed to ally her to the spirit-world. In my rambles among the mountains, I have seen her passing through the forest, or sitting silent as a statue upon the prostrate trunk of a tree, or perchance upon a stone or mound, scarcely to be distinguished from the inanimate objects--wood, earth, and rock--around her." (Recollections, vol 1, p. 293)

bib info: NY: Charles Wiley, 1823. 396 p.

note: Goodrich decided to "have a handsome edition of Percival's poems published for his benefit, and under such influences as to make it profitable to him. The matter was talked over between [Goodrich, Percival, and James Fenimore Cooper], and before we parted, it was all arranged. I at once drew up a prospectus, and had it printed. I wrote a contract between Percival and the publisher, Charles Wiley, and had it duly signed. Mr. Cooper took the prospectus in hand, and aided by the powerful assistance of Mr. Bronson, Percival's college classmate, the subscription was actively pushed." (Recollections, vol 2, p. 135) After Percival contracted with another publisher to print his poems, the business was untangled; and the poems published. Goodrich took a copy with him to England, to have it published--and copyrighted--there: "On reaching London, I made a contract with John Miller for the publication of the poems in two volumes 12mo--half the profits to go to the author. I also wrote for it a brief biographical notice. A very handsome edition soon appeared, and attracted some attention, but excited no enthusiasm in London. On the whole, the publication was a failure." (Recollections), vol 2, p. 138)

A notice of the book, signed "W.", appeared in the Connecticut Mirror in Dec 1822: "I perceive that an elegant edition of Mr. Percival's Poems is about to appear in New-York, for the benefit of the Author. I understand that it is to comprise such of the author's published works as he wishes to perpetuate, rejecting those which severer criticism would condemn, and such, as on account of the sentiments expressed in them, maturer reflection does not approve. Some pieces not yet before the public, it is expected will be added to the collection. A prospectus of the work is now in town, and I sincerely hope that it will find a ready and extensive patronage. I do not expect that every body will subscribe--some cannot afford it, and among those who can, there are doubtless many, who will not. ... At all events, those who know Mr. Percival's character, or have inferred from his works, his retiring, unobtrusive nature, will see that there must be good reason for this appeal, and that it is cold hearted and base to deny him." [16 Dec 1822: p. 3, col 4]

bib info: NY: E. Bliss & E. White, 1825. 111 p. Copyrighted March 17, 1825, by Brainard.

note: In 1824, Goodrich "had persuaded Brainard to make a collection of his poems, and have them published. At first his lip curled at the idea, as being too pretentious; he insisted that he had done nothing to justify the publication of a volume. Gradually he began to think of it, and at length--March 14, 1825--I induced him to sign a contract, authorizing me to make arrangements for the work. He set about the preparation, and at length--after much lagging and many lapses--the pieces were selected and arranged. When all was ready, I persuaded him to go to New York with me, to settle the matter with a publisher. I introduced him to Bliss & White, and they readily undertook it, on the terms of joint and equal profits." (Recollections, vol 2, p. 155)

In 2007, available in reproduction from Kessinger Publishing.

bib info: Hartford: Samuel G. Goodrich, 1825. 174 p.

bib info: Hartford: S. G. Goodrich, 1825. 118 p.

bib info: Hartford: S. G. Goodrich, 1826.

bib info: Hartford: Samuel G. Goodrich, 1826.

bib info: Boston: S. G. Goodrich, 1826. 252 p.

bib info: Boston: S. G. Goodrich; M'Carty & Davis, 1826.

bibl info: Boston: printed for A. K. White, 1827. 130 pp.; with 2-page index.

bib info: Boston: S. G. Goodrich, 1827. 209 p.

bib info: Boston: S. G. Goodrich, 1827. 338 p.

note: "In the execution of the following work, the author has endeavoured, 1st. To make the subject easily understood by avoiding scientific terms, when common words would convey the meaning. 2d. To condense its size as much as possible, by the employment of method in the language of description, and by the omission of all useless words, and 3d. To make the book interesting to common readers, by the insertion of curious particulars. ... The work of Professor Cleveland, though undoubtedly the best which has been published, is too expensive, and voluminous for general circulation. That of Phillips, is entirely wanting in respect to distinctive characters, nor have his late editions yet been printed in this country. The Manual of Aikin, is too concise, to give the learner a proper knowledge of the science. These are the only books which have been published in this country on Mineralogy. Under such circumstances, it was thought that a work containing the elements of the science, and of such a size as to come within the means of almost every one, was much wanted, and if well done, would facilitate the progress of science in our country." ("Advertisement." p. iii)

bib info: Boston: S. G. Goodrich, 1827. Hartford, CT: H. & F. J. Huntington. 228 p.

bib info: Boston: S. G. Goodrich, 1827. 96 p. Printed: Boston: Press of the Christian Examiner. Stephen Foster, Printer. On the cover: "Willis' Poems"

note: Goodrich called this Willis' "first adventure in responsible authorship." (Recollections, vol 2, p. 255)

In the book: "The Sacrifice of Abraham"; "Absalom"; "Hagar in the Wilderness"; "Jephthah's Daughter"; "Idleness"; "Dreams"; "October"; "Boyhood"; "Night Sketches"; "Twilight"; "Dawn"; "Scraps from a Journal"; "Better Moments"; "The Hindoo Mother"; "Waiting for the Harvesters"; "The Soldier's Widow"; "The Burial of Arnold"; "To Laura W----"; "Sonnets"; "Extract from a Poem Delivered at the Departure of the Senior Class of Yale College in 1826"

"The Soldier's Widow," "Waiting for the Harvesters," and "The Hindoo Mother" were reprinted in The Token, for 1828.

bib info: Boston: S. G. Goodrich, 1827.

bib info: Boston: S. G. Goodrich, 1827. Multiple volumes.

note: "I ... published an edition of Hannah More's works, and also of Mrs. Opie's works--these being, I believe, the first complete collections of the writings of these several authors." (Recollections, vol 2, p. 255)

bib info: Boston: S. G. Goodrich, 1827. 2 vol.

note: "I ... published an edition of Hannah More's works, and also of Mrs. Opie's works--these being, I believe, the first complete collections of the writings of these several authors." (Recollections, vol 2, p. 255)

bib info: Boston: S. G. Goodrich, 1827. Several volumes Printed: Isaac R. Butts & Co.

In the books: Vol 1, "Memoir of Charles Brockden Brown" (pp. iii-xxiv); Wieland (pp. [iii]-iv, [5]-227). Vol 2, Arthur Mervyn, vol 1 (pp. [iii]-iv, [5]-195). Vol 3, Arthur Mervyn, vol 2 (pp. 3-108). Vol 4, Edgar Huntly (pp. [iii]-iv, [5]-253). Vol 5, Jane Talbot (pp. [3]-234. Vol 6, Clara Howard [missing from my set]

note: Goodrich on the work: "... among other works I published an edition of the novels of Charles Brockden Brown, with a life of the author, furnished by his widow, she having a share of the edition." (Recollections, vol 2, p. 255)

bib info: Boston: S. G. Goodrich, 1827. 144 p. Page 144 misnumbered as page 142.
bib info for rev ed: Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1839. 144 p.

note: On the publishing of this work: "Though I was busily engaged in publishing various works, I found time to make my long meditated experiment in the writing of books for children. The first attempt was made in 1827, and bore the title of the Tales of Peter Parley about America. No persons but my wife and one of my sisters were admitted to the secret--for in the first place, I hesitated to believe that I was qualified to appear before the public as an author, and in the next place, nursery literature had not then acquired the respect in the eyes of the world it now enjoys. ... I published my little book, and let it make its way. It came before the world untrumpeted, and for some months seemed not to attract the slightest attention. Suddenly I began to see notices of it in the papers, all over the country, and in a year from the date of its publication, it had become a favorite." (Recollections, vol 2, p. 279)

A second edition of this book was reproduced in 1974: NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 1974. Edited by Barrows Mussey.

bib info: Boston: n.p., Dec 1, 1827. The prospectus also appeared in volume 1 of The Legendary.

bib info: Boston: Samuel Goodrich, 1828. Vol 1: 286 p.; Vol 2: 278 p.

note: Volume 1 was published in May 1828; volume 2 appeared in late November or early December 1828. Goodrich discusses the work in his Recollections (vol 2, pp. 256-259).

bib info: Boston: S. G. Goodrich, 1828. 216 p.

note: "On the plan of the Rev. David Blair. Adapted to the use of schools in the United States of America." Compiled "largely from the 'Conversations on Political Economy,'" with notes and questions by the compiler.

bib info: Boston: S. G. Goodrich, 1828. 456 p.

bib info: Boston: S. G. Goodrich, 1828. 244 p.

bib info: Boston: S. G. Goodrich, 1828. 185 p.

bib info: Boston: S. G. Goodrich, 1828. 302 p.

bib info: Boston: Samuel G. Goodrich, 1828. 280 p.

bib info: Boston: S. G. Goodrich, 1828. LOC identified the writers from Cushing's Initials and Pseudonyms.

bib info: Boston: S. G. Goodrich, 1828. 136 p.

bib info: Boston: S. Goodrich, 1828. 115 p.

bib info: Boston: Samuel G. Goodrich, 1828. 140 p.

bib info: Boston: S. G. Goodrich, 1828. 312 p.

Titled The Token and Atlantic Souvenir; 1834-1842. Leavitt & Allen apparently purchased the title and used it for a very different work from the Token. Goodrich discusses the work in some detail in his Recollections (vol 2, pp. 259-275). A list of pieces printed in these volumes is online.

bib info: Boston: S. G. Goodrich, 1828.

note: Goodrich includes this work in a list of books he published in 1828: "[In 1828] I issued the Common-place Book of Prose, the first work of the now celebrated Dr. Cheever. This was speedily followed by the Common-place Book of Poetry and Studies in Poetry, by the same author." (Recollections, vol 2, p. 255)

bib info for 1831 ed: Boston: Carter, Hendee & Babcock, 1831. Baltimore: Charles Carter, 1831. 405 p. bib info as The Poets of America: Hartford: S. Andrus & Son, 1847.

note: Goodrich lists this among works by Cheever which he published in 1828-1829: "[In 1828] I issued the Common-place Book of Prose, the first work of the now celebrated Dr. Cheever. This was speedily followed by the Common-place Book of Poetry and Studies in Poetry, by the same author." (Recollections, vol 2, p. 255) While the copyright notice in almost all the copies described in the AAS's online catalog has this book copyrighted in 1831 by Carter, Hendee, & Babcock, the description of The Poets of America notes that the works was first published in 1829 as the American Common-place Book of Poetry.

from the preface to the 1831 edition: "The unexpected favor, with which the American Common-Place of Prose was received, encouraged its publishers to hope that a similar volume of extracts from American poetry might be attended with the same success. It is true, that there are more good prose writers in our country than there are poets; but it would be strange, indeed, if enough of really excellent poetry could not be found to fill a volume like this. It is not pretended that every piece, in the following selection, is a stately and perfect song, inspired by "the vision and the faculty divine," and containing, throughout, the true power and spirit of harmony; but every lover of poetry will find much to delight a cultivated imagination, and much to set him on thinking; and every religious mind will be pleased that a volume of American poetry, so variously selected, presents so many pages imbued with the feelings of devotion. ... All the pieces in this volume are of the purest moral character; and, considering its limits, and the comparative scantiness of American poetry, a good number of them contain, in an uncommon degree, the religous and poetical spirit united." (Boston: American Stationers' Company, n.d.; pp.3-5)

bib info: Boston: Carter & Hendee, 1830. 480 p.

note: Goodrich lists this work among books he published after 1828: "[In 1828] I issued the Common-place Book of Prose, the first work of the now celebrated Dr. Cheever. This was speedily followed by the Common-place Book of Poetry and Studies in Poetry, by the same author." (Recollections, vol 2, p. 255)

bib info: Boston: S. G. Goodrich & Co., 1829. 149 p.

bib info: Boston: S. G. Goodrich & Co., 1829. 23 p. Printed at the press of Isaac R. Butts

note: "Preached at the Church in Brattle Square, Boston, April 9th, 1829." The sermon is fairly generic; the pamphlet includes a biography of Dr. Gorham and a brief history of his family in the United States.

bib info: Boston: S. G. Goodrich & Co., 1829.

bib info: Boston: S. G. Goodrich & Co., 1829. 128 p.

bib info: Boston: S. G. Goodrich & Co. and Carter & Hendee, 1829. 188 p.

bib info: Boston: S. G. Goodrich & Co., 1829. 3 vols: Vol 1: 353 p.; Vol 2: 408 p.; Vol 3: 406 p. With a chronological "Catalogue of American Poetry" beginning in 1640.

note: On the creation of this work: "I projected the ... work, and employed Mr. F. S. Hill as editor. He began it, collected materials, and wrote the first part of it. At his instance, I had purchased nearly one hundred scarce books for the enterprise. The work, thus begun, the plan indicated, the materials to a great extent at command, with numerous articles actually written, passed into Mr. Kettell's hands. ... [C]onsidering the extent of the undertaking, and that it was then a new enterprise, compelling the editor to grope in the mazes of a new and unexplored wilderness, that Mr. Kettell displayed a tolerable degree of patience and research, and a fair share of critical sagacity. But nevertheless, the work was a most disastrous failure, involving me not only in a pecuniary loss of fifteen hundred dollars, but the mortification of having the work pass into a kind of proverb of misfortune or misjudgment. More than once I have heard it spoken of as 'Goodrich's Kettle of Poetry!' This arose, no doubt, partly from the idea then encouraged by the critics, that it was the height of folly for us, Americans, to pretend to have any literature. To include the writings of Timothy Dwight, Joel Barlow, and Phillis Wheatley in a book called Poetry, was then deemed a great offense at the bar of criticism." (Recollections, vol 2, pp. 288-289) On Brainard's biography: "The sketch of him in Kettell's 'Specimens,' I furnished, soon after his death." (Recollections, vol 2, p. 145)

bib info: Hartford: H. & F. J. Huntington, 1829. 100 p.

bib info: Hartford: H. & F. J. Huntington, 1829. 122 p.

note: The illustrations of national costumes were reprinted several times in various works by Goodrich or by others. According to Goodrich, "This work was remodeled and reproduced in 1844, under the name of "Parley's Geography for Beginners, at Home and School." Two millions of copies of it wore sold: the publisher paid me three hundred dollars for the copyright, and made his fortune by it." (Recollections, vol 2, p. 540)

bib info: Boston: Carter & Hendee, 1830. 112 p.

In the book: "A Winter Evening in the Country"; "The Truants"; "Fable of the Spider and the Fly"; "Story of Little Marion"; "Story of the Soldier and His Dog"; "Story of a Wig."

note: Stories reprinted from chapbooks published 1829-1830 in a series titled "Peter Parley's Smaller Tales."

bib info: Boston: Carter & Hendee, 1830. Boston: n. p., 1830. page numbers vary.

In the book: "The Bird's Nest"; "The Faithful Dog"; "The Little Soldiers"; "The Little Drummer"; "The Little Prisoners"; "The Mocking Bird"; "The Mask"; "The Little Sailor."

note: Apparently reprints of chapbooks published as "Peter Parley's Smaller Tales."

bib info: Boston: Gray & Bowen, 1830. 128 p.

bib info: Boston: Gray & Bowen and Carter & Hendee, 1830.
bib info about rev ed: Philadelphia: Desilver, Thomas, & Co., 1836. 144 p.

bib info: Boston: Carter & Hendee, 1830. 320 p. NY: F. J. Huntington & Co., 1830. 320 p.

bib info: Boston: Carter & Hendee, 1830. Hartford, CT: H. & F. J. Huntington, 1830. 19 maps

bib info for Philadelphia ed: Philadelphia: Thomas Holden, 1831. 168 p.

In the book: explanations of 220 wood cuts, with subjects ranging from gods to insects, including portraits of different nationalities. With "The Story of Alice Green."

bib info: Boston: Carter & Hendee, 1830. 342 p.

bib info: Boston: Gray & Bowen, 1830. 368 p.

bib info: NY: W. W. Reed & Co., 1830. 2 vol

bib info: Hartford: Edward Hopkins, 1834. 396 p.

note: Given the discrepancy between the copyright date & the date of publication, this work may be abridged from The World Displayed; both works were copyrighted January 19, 1830.

bib info: Boston: Gray & Bowen, 1830. 162 p.

bib info on 1835 ed: NY: J. P. Peaslee, 1835. "Parley's Library."

note: Part of "Peter Parley's Little Library" in 1841 (which see)

bib info for revised ed: Boston: Otis, Broaders & Co., 1840. NY: Tanner & Disturnell, 1840. 1008 p.

note: From Goodrich's Recollections: "The first edition of this work was published in 1831, but being found imperfect, was revised and remodeled at this date. In the original work I had the assistance of J. O. Sargent and S. P. Holbrook, Esqs., and Mr. S. Kettell: the new edition was mainly prepared by T. S. Bradford, Esq." (vol 2: 538) A supplement was published in 1842.

bib info: Boston: Gray & Bowen, 1831. 144 p.

bib info: Boston: Gray & Bowen, 1831. 144 p.

bib info: Boston: Gray & Brown and Carter & Hendee, 1831. 116 p.

bib info: Boston: Waitt & Dow, 1831. 64 p.

note: Rewritten in Ojibwa, & plates used, as Abinoji aki tibajumouin. N.P.: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 1840. 139 pp. [LOC]

bib info: Boston: Richardson, Lord & Holbrook, 1831. Cincinnati: C. D. Bradford & Co., 1831. NY: Collins & Hannay, 1831. 180 p.
bib info for revised ed: Boston: Charles J. Hendee, and Jenks & Palmer, 1841. 259 p.

bib info: Boston: Gray & Bowen, 1831. 5 vol

bib info: Boston: W. W. Reed, 1831. 501 p.

note: Goodrich's copyright notice is on a slip pasted on the copyright page. Goodrich included two pieces by Snelling in The Token, for 1831.

bib info: Boston: Gray & Bowen, 1831. 158 p.

bib info: Boston: Gray & Bowen, 1831. Philadelphia: Key & Mielke, 1831. 164 p.

bib info: Boston: Gray & Bowen, 1831. 2 vol

bib info: Philadelphia: Key & Meilke, 1831. 204 p.

bib info: Boston: William Hyde, 1831. 184 p. Philadelphia: Key & Meilke, 1831. 184 p.

note: Part of a series: "The subjects proposed are the following:--the Early History of New England; the Early History of the Middle States; the Early History of the Southern States; the History of the Western States; the History of the West Indies; the History of Mexico; the Early History of South America; and the History of Discoveries in America. ... The design of the author will be to embrace the entire history of the Western Continent in the series, and thus furnish a set of books, which may be put into the hands of youth, as works of amusement, but which will instruct them fully in the history of their own country, and in that also of other countries in the same hemisphere." (History of the Western States, 1855 ed, p. 4) Apparently the titles were published about every two months.

The Key & Meilke edition asserts that "[t]hese works will be somewhat in the style of Peter Parley's Tales, but for more advanced readers."

Both the AAS and the LOC note that the Lambert pseudonym has been attributed to Goodrich; the idea is reinforced by the fact that not only did Goodrich copyright several of "Lilly"'s works, but the portrait of "Lilly" on the title page of some of the works greatly resembles "Peter Parley."

bib info: Boston: Carter and Hendee, 1832. 144 p. "The Tales of Peter Parley about America. Rendered into familiar French, for the use of young persons who are studying that language."

note: Intended to help young learners of French: "Peter Parley's Tales about America having been extensively used by pupils learning the French language, to translate into that language, it has been suggested that a translation of the work into familiar French might be useful to beginners. Most children, having read it in English, will readily make out the meaning in its new guise, and thus rapidly and pleasantly acquire some knowledge of the language. At the request of the author, M. Surault, who is too favorably known to the public, to stand in need of our commendation, has made a translation, which is here given to the public, and which, it is hoped, may prove useful to the friends of Peter Parley." ["Advertisement."]

Parley's classic greeting--"Here I am! My name is Peter Parley!"--becomes "Me voici! J'ai l'honneur de m'appeler Pierre Parley." The paragraphs are numbered as in the second edition of Tales.

Most of the illustrations from the second edition of Tales (the earliest edition I've been able to consult) appear in this French edition; the iconic illustration of Parley, however, was reworked and re-engraved.

bib info: Philadelphia: Key, Mielke & Biddle, 1832. 192 p.

note: Part of a series: "The subjects proposed are the following:--the Early History of New England; the Early History of the Middle States; the Early History of the Southern States; the History of the Western States; the History of the West Indies; the History of Mexico; the Early History of South America; and the History of Discoveries in America. ... The design of the author will be to embrace the entire history of the Western Continent in the series, and thus furnish a set of books, which may be put into the hands of youth, as works of amusement, but which will instruct them fully in the history of their own country, and in that also of other countries in the same hemisphere." (History of the Western States, 1855 ed, p. 4)

Both the AAS and the LOC note that the Lambert pseudonym has been attributed to Goodrich; the idea is reinforced by the fact that not only did Goodrich copyright several of "Lilly"'s works, but the portrait of "Lilly" on the title page of some of the works greatly resembles "Peter Parley."

bib info: Hartford: F. J. Huntington, 1832. 144 p.

bib info: Baltimore: Joseph Jewett, 1832.

note: Goodrich lists this as one of two works which were "compiled under my direction, and were then remodeled by me, but were not published, nor were they intended to appear, as by Peter Parley; they have, however, passed under that name for several years." (Recollections, vol 2, p. 541)

bib info: NY: Pendleton & Hill, 1832. 160 p.

note: Chapters 1-6 were published as a chapbook: Peter Parley's Visit to the City of New-York. NY: Mahlon Day & Co., 1836? 31 p. The chapbook was reprinted in 1987 in a limited edition by the South Street Seaport Museum. Mahlon Day published a number of would-be Parleys in 1836.

bib info: Baltimore: J. Jewett, 1832. 172 p.

bib info for 1841 ed: Philadelphia: Henry F. Anners, 1841. 289 p.

note: Part of "Peter Parley's Little Library" in 1841 (which see) The LOC notes that this work is a "free adaptation" in third person of Jewett's Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewett, Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston.

bib info: NY: P. Hill, 1832. 324 p.

bib info: Boston: William Hyde & Co., 1832. 322 p.

bib info: NY: Collins & Hannay, 1832. Boston: Richardson, Lord & Holbrook, 1832. 202 p.

bib info: Boston: Richardson, Lord & Holbrook, 1832. 121 p.

bib info: NY: Pendelton & Hill, 1832.

note: "The original work is full of indelicate passages, which necessarily exclude it from the multitude of schools for young persons.... In the present edition, all such passages are excluded, and nothing is introduced which may render it improper for youth of either sex."

bib info for 1836 ed: Exeter, NH: J. & B. Williams, 1836. 527 p. Leavitt & Allen republished this work around 1855: NY: Leavitt & Allen, n. d. 526 p.

note: Rewritten from a British work. On the spine of the AAS copy (1836): "Biography of Eminent Men." (A work with this title was published by Nafis & Cornish in 1840.)

bib info: Boston: Richardson, Lord & Holbrook, & Waitt & Dow, 1832. NY: J. P. Callender, 1832. 224 p.

bib info: NY: W. W. Reed & Co., 1832.

bib info: Boston: Carter, Hendee & Co., 1832. 297 p.

bib info: Philadelphia: French & Perkins, 1832. Baltimore: P. N. Wood, 1832. Boston: Carter & Hendee, 1832. 215 p.

note: The LOC notes that both the Boston edition & another Philadelphia edition state that the book was copyrighted by Goodrich.

bib info: Boston: Carter, Hendee, & Co., 1832. 208 p. Copyrighted 1833, by S. G. Goodrich.

note: From the preface: "A short time since, the author prepared a little work on Ancient Greece, which is now before the public. As the preface to that work would not be inappropriate to this, the author inserts it as explanatory of his views in the compilation of the following pages. The following pages are not intended for mere children, or grave scholars. The first would not comprehend them, and the last would bestow upon them only a sneer. I have imagined myself surrounded by an audience of boys and girls about ten or twelve years of age, and to these, or such as these, I address my story. ... I speak not as a scholar, in these pages, but as a plain man, addressing those who are yet ignorant of the subject.... It is perhaps proper to say that a part of this volume has been written by a friend, in the absence of the author, on account of ill health." (pp. iii-iv)

bib info: Baltimore: W. & J. Neal, 1832.

note: The August 1831 issue of New England Magazine describes this book as being "in press." (p. 184)

bib info: Baltimore: J. Jewett, 1832. 160 p.

note: This magazine was reprinted several times; a reprint was microfilmed as part of the American Periodical Series. The tangled history of reprints includes use of the articles to create two other periodicals: Youth's Galaxy (1853) was published by Edward H. Fletcher, New York City, and lasted one year; Fletcher also was responsible for the "Republication of Parley's Magazine, with original material" which appeared in 1857.

Goodrich states that the magazine was "begun" in 1832: "This work was planned and established by me; but after about a year I was obliged to relinquish it, from ill health and an affection of my eyes. It was conducted, without any interest or participation on my part, for about twelve years when it ceased." (Recollections, vol 2, p. 543) His version was disputed by the magazine's owners in December 1841, when they announced in the December issue that "The publication of Parley's Magazine was commenced by Lilly, Wait & Co. of Boston, in 1833. Mr. [Samuel] Colman, the active agent and proprietor of the work, obtained permission of "Peter Parley" ... to use his title to this magazine, who was to be renumerated accordingly. The three or four first numbers, we believe, were supervised by this old gentleman, but it was in the charge of a sub-editor the remainder of the year." (in Dorothy B. Dechert. "The Merry Family: A Study of Merry's Museum, 1841-1872, and of the Various Periodicals that Merged with It." MA thesis. Columbia University, 1942. p. 146) Goodrich replied tartly on the covers of Merry's Museum in 1842: "The aforesaid Magazine was wholly my own device; I planned it, commenced it, even before any publisher was obtained--and, for a time, had the responsible and authoritative charge of the editorial department." (inside front cover, Feb 1842) His point was offered to a wider public through an advertisement in Brother Jonathan in 1842.

bib info on Anners' ed: Philadelphia: H. F. Anners, 1834. 168 p. The LOC also has an edition published in 1835 by T. T. Ash: Philadelphia: T. T. Ash, 1835.

note: Listed in an advertisement of books published in 1841 by Henry F. Anners, Philadelphia. (advertisement in The Ship)

bib info for revised ed: Boston: Charles J. Hendee, and Jenks & Palmer., 1841.

note: Published in 1841 as vol 6 of "Peter Parley's Little Library": Philadelphia: H. F. Anners, 1841. 200 p. (see entry in 1841)

bib info: Boston: William Hyde & Co., 1833. 431 p.

note: From "Advertisement to the American Edition": "This Gazetteer has been prepared upon the basis of a volume published in London, in 1828, by Mr. Charles Williams." [p. ix] With illustrations.

bib info for 1838 ed: NY: H. Wright & Co., 1838. 522 pp. bib info for 1839 ed: Brattleboro, VT: Brattleboro Typographic Co., 1839. 522 p.

In the book: Includes lives and portraits of presidents through Martin Van Buren (pp. 1-346); lives of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (pp. 347-418); "early history of America" (pp. 419-472); "French Wars" (pp. 473-488); "Anecdotes of the Revolution (pp. 489-496); "General View of the United States" with charts of the free and slave populations in the censuses of 1790-1830 (pp. 497-512); "Population of the United States" (pp. 513-519); "Chronological List of the Officers of the United States" (pp. 520-522); and list of the dates in which states were admitted to the Union, through Michigan (p. 522)

bib info: Boston: Allen & Ticknor, 1833. 156 p.

note: Part of a series: "The subjects proposed are the following:--the Early History of New England; the Early History of the Middle States; the Early History of the Southern States; the History of the Western States; the History of the West Indies; the History of Mexico; the Early History of South America; and the History of Discoveries in America. ... The design of the author will be to embrace the entire history of the Western Continent in the series, and thus furnish a set of books, which may be put into the hands of youth, as works of amusement, but which will instruct them fully in the history of their own country, and in that also of other countries in the same hemisphere." (History of the Western States, 1855 ed, p. 4)

Both the AAS and the LOC note that the Lambert pseudonym has been attributed to Goodrich; the idea is reinforced by the fact that not only did Goodrich copyright several of "Lilly"'s works, but the portrait of "Lilly" on the title page of some of the works greatly resembles "Peter Parley."

bib info for 1835 ed: Boston: W. D. Ticknor, 1835. 156 p. Ticknor & Fields also published an edition in 1855.

note: Part of a series: "The subjects proposed are the following:--the Early History of New England; the Early History of the Middle States; the Early History of the Southern States; the History of the Western States; the History of the West Indies; the History of Mexico; the Early History of South America; and the History of Discoveries in America. ... The design of the author will be to embrace the entire history of the Western Continent in the series, and thus furnish a set of books, which may be put into the hands of youth, as works of amusement, but which will instruct them fully in the history of their own country, and in that also of other countries in the same hemisphere." (History of the Western States, 1855 ed, p. 4)

Both the AAS and the LOC note that the Lambert pseudonym has been attributed to Goodrich; the idea is reinforced by the fact that not only did Goodrich copyright several of "Lilly"'s works, but the portrait of "Lilly" on the title page of some of the works greatly resembles "Peter Parley."

bib info: Boston: Carter & Hendee, 1833. 144 p.

bib info: Boston: n. p., 1834.

In the book: "Story of the Little Gardener"; "Story of the Freshet"; "Story of the Two Friends"; "Story of Robert Seaboy"; "Story of the Orphans"; "Story of the Little Wanderers"; "Story of Alice Gray"; "Story of the Umbrella and the Tiger"

bib info: Boston: Lilly, Waitt, & Co., 1834. 256 p.

note: "This work consists, for the most part, of two little books which have recently made their appearance in England. The first of these is entitled 'Bible Letters, &c. by Lucy Barton;' the other, 'Gospel Stories; an attempt to render the chief events of the life of our Savior intelligible and profitable to young children.'

"In preparing the volume for the American reader, I have taken the liberty to omit some pasages in the works above mentioned, which seem not happily adapted to youth. The phraseology has been altered in many cases, and some additions have been made. ...

"... It is impossible to resist the inference that some selection or compila