1890 Rare Victorian Book - The LAMPLIGHTER by Maria Susanna Cummins.
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Author: Maria Susanna Cummins.
Title: The Lamplighter.
Publisher: London, Frederick Warne and Co., no date (circa 1890). Warne's Star Series.
Language: Text in English.
Size : 7 " X 5 ".
Pages: viii-502 pages.
Binding: Attractive, and very good original Victorian decorated full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, and tight, some light foxing or staining - as shown, Sunday School prize label dated 1891 on the first endpaper - as shown).
The book: Rare in a very nice binding. An attractive edition of The Lamplighter -- a sentimental novel written by Maria Susanna Cummins and published in 1854, and a best-selling novel of its era. The Lamplighter tells the story of Gertrude Flint, an abandoned and mistreated orphan rescued at the age of eight by Trueman Flint, a lamplighter, from her abusive guardian, Nan Grant. Gertrude is lovingly raised and taught virtues and religious faith. She becomes a moralistic woman. In adulthood, she is rewarded for her long-suffering marriage to a childhood friend.
The author: Maria Susanna Cummins (April 9, 1827 – October 1, 1866) was an American novelist. She was the author of the widely popular novel The Lamplighter.