Home Circle Library
Two different Home Circle Libraries were published.
In 1860 The Home Circle Library was published by A. Tompkins. It
included five books as did the Tompkins and Company 1863 series. The
books are the same but several of the titles are different with a
juxtaposition of the subtitle and the title. Note that the subtitle of
Marion Lester changed between the series.
Home Circle Library (A. Tompkins)
| 1. Home Life; or, A Peep Across the Threshold |
by Mrs. Caroline A. Soule |
(Copyright 1854) |
| 2. Marion Lester; or, The Mother's Mistake |
by Minnie S. Davis |
(Copyright 1856) |
| 3. The Harvest of Love |
by Minnie S. Davis |
(Copyright 1859) |
| 4. The Pet of the Settlement |
by Caroline A. Soule |
(Copyright 1859) |
| 5. Hesper, The Home Spirit |
by Elizabeth Doten |
(Copyright 1858) |
There is nothing on/in the individual books that indicates that they
are part of a series. The titles were not part of this series when
initially published. The box that these books came in would have been
labeled to indicate the series name.
Cloth. Blindstamped. Various colors. Gilt spine lettering. Sold
individually or as a boxed set.
Here is an 1862 ad for the set.
Home Circle Library
| Hesper, The Home Spirit |
by Elizabeth (Lizzie) Doten |
(Copyright 1858) |
| Home Life; or, A Peep Across the Threshold |
by Mrs. C. A. Soule |
(Copyright 1854) |
| Clinton Forrest; or The Harvest of Love |
by Miss Minnie S. Davis |
|
| Marion Lester: A Story of School Life |
by Miss Minnie S. Davis |
(Copyright 1863) |
| Little Alice: or the Pet of the Settlement |
by Mrs. C. A. Soule |
(Copyright 1859) |
This iteration of the series was published by Tompkins and Co. in
1863.
Illustrations include the frontispiece and title page.
Cloth. Blindstamped. Gilt lettering, decoration and illustration
on the spine.
