In the Company of Books: Literature and Its "Classes" in Nineteenth-Century America

Index

267 Abbot, Jacob, 26, 32, 44, 89, 220n.17 abolitionism, 199, 206 n.2, 240n. 30 Adams, William T. [pseud. Oliver Optic], 44– 45, 50, 58, 60, 89, 93, 200; and Louisa May Alcott, 50, 60, 64–67, 214 n. 14; and girls’ books, 214n. 18; and juvenile series, 63–67; and Lee & Shepard, 51–56. Works: The Boat Club, 51, 80–81; “Boat Club” Series, 51–53, 80–81; The Dorcas Club, 80, 214 n. 19; Little by Little, 52; Oliver Optic’s Library for Young People, 214n. 18; Poor and Proud, 60, 215n. 27; Rich and Humble, 52–54; Riverdale Story Books, 214n. 18 Ade, George, 75, 92–93 adolescence, 13, 61–63, 196, 201, 212n.3, 216n. 33, 218n. 46. See also young adult literature advertisement, 21, 47, 51, 54–55, 56, 99, 119, 120, 126–27, 138, 166, 173, 185, 191, 228n. 44, 243n. 56 advice literature, 56. See also conduct books; courtesy novels Aesop, 185 African Americans, 198–200. See also ethnicity A. K. Loring, 230n. 2 Alcott, Bronson, 37 Alcott, Louisa May, 14, 44–50, 57–67, 104, 155, 201–02; and Alice Bartlett, 231n. 17; childhood reading of, 213n. 6; and flower symbolism, 243n. 57; and girls’ books, 213n. 11; and Henry James, 183, 231n. 10. 234n. 33, 242n. 44; and Thomas Niles, 48–49, 54–65, 194; review of Samuel Clemens, 82; and reviews of Little Women, 217n. 44; and sensation fiction, 66, 244n. 60; and travel writing, 142–45. Works: Aunt Jo’s Scrap-Bag, 65, 142–45, 213n. 7; Eight Cousins, 59–60, 62, 81, 216, n. 32; Flower Fables, 66, 213n. 7; A Garland for Girls, 161–64, 179; Hospital Sketches, 64, 234n. 33, 238n. 21; Jack and Jill, 216 n.32; Jo’s Boys, 59, 62, 65; Little Men, 62, 65; Little Women, 46–49, 57–62, 65, 74, 203; 212n. 3; Little Women series, 13, 47, 60–62, 64–65; Lulu’s Library, 213n.7; “May Flowers,” 161; Moods, 202, 231n. 10; Morning Glories and Other Stories , 213n. 7, 214n. 17; “Mountain-Laurel and Maidenhair,” 179; An Old-Fashioned Girl, 59, 62, 65–66, 81; “Pansies,” 14, 161–65, 176, 178, 181–91, 203; “Poppies and Wheat,” 161; Rose in Bloom, 59, 62; The Rose Family, 213n. 7; Shawl-Straps, 141–45; Under the Lilacs, 216n. 32 Will’s Wonder Book, 48, 214n.17; Work, 238n. 15. Alden, Henry Mills, 201 Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 77, 81, 164, 171, 179 Alger, Horatio, 44, 53, 218n. 49 Allen, Elizabeth Akers, 171 Allen, Marjorie N., 42 Allen, Sue, 243n. 59 Allingham, William, 170 Altick, Richard, 114, 130, 222n. 6, 240n. 31 Alton, Anne Hiebert, 45 American Bible Association, 199 American Boys’ Series, 52, 53, 215n. 27 American Girls’ Series, 52 American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge, 208n. 10 American News Company, 111–14, 118–20, 125–26, 133, 199 American Publishing Company, 71, 76 Index Page references to illustrations are in italics. index 268 American Sunday School Union, 29, 199 American Tract Society, 30, 199 Amory, Hugh, 5 Andersen, Hans Christian, 211n. 34, 211n. 36 Anderson, Benedict, 4, 8 Anderson, Frederick, 75, 81, 82, 83, 92 annuals. See gift books Anthony, Katherine, 234n. 34 Appleton. See D. Appleton Company Arabian Nights, 152 Arbour, Keith, 199 Arnold, Edwin, 129 Astell, Mary, 231n. 16 Atlantic Monthly, 77–78 Atlantic Souvenir, 27 audience, 9–10, 126–29 Avery, Gillian, 41, 45, 217n. 36 “bad boy” fiction, 80–83 Baker, Thomas N., 6 Ballou, Ellen, 124 Barth, Marilyn, 201 Bartlett, Alice, 155–56, 231n. 17, 234n. 34 Baum, L. Frank, 218n. 47 Baym, Nina, 30, 66, 99, 134–35, 230n. 4 bazaars. See bookstores; cheap johns; department stores; dry-goods stores Beadle & Adams, 112, 120 Beale, Anne, 186 belles lettres, 7 Benjamin, Park, 25, 110, 224n. 4 Besant, Walter, 112, 230n. 2 Bible, 75, 200 Bildungsroman, 148 Billings, Hammat, 47, 52 biographies, 151 Blackmore, R. D., 112 Bliss, Elisha, 71, 83–84 Blue and Gold series. See Ticknor and Fields Bode, Carl, 136, 193, 231n. 11 body: and advertising, 243n. 56; female, 191 Bonner, Robert. See New York Ledger. books: bindings of, 222n. 6; and character 189–91; and cultural meaning, 129; and display, 190–91, 196, 243n. 58; electronic , 196; likened to food, 59, 123; personification of, 188–89, 191; as projectiles , 190; as status symbols, 98, 169, 173, 190, 243n. 58; summer, 123–24, 231n. 12. See also series, cheap; libraries, reprint; materiality of text bookstores, 25–26, 28, 41, 73–74...