A Flat Iron for a Farthing

A Flat Iron for a Farthing

"A Flat Iron for a Farthing" (1872) is a book by Juliana Horatia Ewing (1842-1885) and consists of childhood reminiscences of the only child of a widowed father. The book was one of the author's most popular books.

References

* Carpenter, Humphrey and Mari Prichard. "Oxford Companion to Children's Literature". Oxford University Press, 1997. ISBN 0198602286
* Zipes, Jack (ed) et al. "The Norton Anthology of Children's Literature: The Traditions in English." W. W. Norton, 2005. ISBN 0393327760
* Zipes, Jack (ed.). "The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. Volumes 1-4". Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN 0195146565
* Watson, Victor, "The Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English". Cambridge University Press, 2001. ISBN 0521550645

External links

* [http://www.bl.uk/collections/britirish/chilintro.html British Library: Children's Literature]
* Search publishing histories: [http://copac.ac.uk/ Copac: Academic & National Library Catalogue] at the University of Manchester.
* Another website: [http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/?func=file&file_name=login-bl-list British Library: Integrated Catalogue] .
* Search: [http://catalog.loc.gov/ Library of Congress Online Catalog]
* Search: [http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections]


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