Day and Son Day and Son i(A38879 works by) (Organisation) assertion
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Works By

Preview all
1 1 y separately published work icon Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs (International) assertion Jacob Mortimer Wier Silver , London : Day and Son , 1867 7535024 1867 single work prose travel
1 3 y separately published work icon Loved, and Lost! The True Story of a Short Life : Told In Gossip Verse i "The tallest tree in any British wood", Louisa Anne Meredith , London Melbourne : Day and Son George Robertson , 1860 Z255654 1860 single work poetry children's Loved and Lost comprises a collection of short verse. In her introduction to the poems, the author tells of her experience in raising an injured parakeet which then becomes the house pet. Meredith tells of its short life and untimely death and implores readers to not keep birds caged and in captivity. She advocates that birds should be let free and makes a case for this. The edition continues with verse about native Australian trees and flora, the fauna that make them their home, including the pet bird, and the story of the parakeet is continued in verse. The author has made a series of notes referring to flora, fauna and significant people, events and cultural traditions mentioned in the verse.
1 y separately published work icon Some of My Bush Friends in Tasmania : Native Flowers, Berries, and Insects, Drawn From Life, Illustrated in Verse, and Briefly Described Louisa Anne Meredith , Louisa Anne Meredith (illustrator), (Manuscript version)x401581 Z255549 1860 selected work poetry prose children's Some of My Bush Friends in Tasmania describes the native Tasmanian flora, fauna through poetry and descriptions accompanying illustrated plates. The author also writes about their life in rural Tasmania and wishes to describe to her English friends the flora and fauna encountered in this area.
X