Buds of genius; or, Some account of the early lives of celebrated characters who were remarkable in their childhood : intended as an introduction to biography.
Candler, Sarah,1789?-1816.
Bowman, Robert Henry,active 1827,former owner.StEdNL
London : Printed for Darton, Harvey, and Darton, No. 55, Gracechurch-Street,
1816.
Biographical sketches of the childhoods of famous men and women, couched in a fictional dialogue.
The author is Sarah Candler, the daughter of a Quaker schoolmaster in Suffolk. The book includes a chapter on the Scottish astronomer James Ferguson.
James Ferguson -- Caroline Simmons -- Sir Isaac Newton -- Doctor Franklin -- Alexander Pope -- Doctor Johnson -- Richard Cumberland -- Lucy Hutchinson -- Henry Kirk White -- William Cowper -- Anthony Purver -- Thomas Dermody -- Martha Laurens Ramsey -- Edward Gibbon -- Hester Chapone.
Osborne Coll.,
Biographical sketches of the childhoods of famous men and women, couched in a fictional dialogue.
Manuscript inscription on the front pastedown "Robert Henry Bowman / a gift from Cheltenham / October 1827".
Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.
Biography
Gifted children
Children
England London.