1874-75 2vol Chambers's Information For The People Antique Reference Book Set American History General wear and chipping to

General wear and chipping to dustjacket

marking it as a well-travelled and well-valued educational volume from an era when public institutes shaped community learning

reflecting the mid-Victorian drive to expand church accommodation and religious influence

Note at the end of the album states "Stuart and Lavinia Cooper

and fraudsters whose stories once served as both grim entertainment and moral instruction

1874-75 2vol Chambers's Information For The People Antique Reference Book Set American History General wear and chipping to1874 75 2vol Chambers's Information For The People Antique Reference Book Set Chambers's Information For The People Edited by William & Robert Chambers Published by W. & R. Chambers: London And Edinburgh Volume 1 1874 Fifth Edition 824 pages Volume 2 1875 Fifth Edition 824 pages PREFACE " It is now many years since Chambers's Information for the People first issued from the press. The cheapness of the work, its novelty, and the varied mass of useful