Buds of genius, or, Some account of the early lives of celebrated characters who were remarkable in their childhood
Subtitle: intended as an introduction to biography
Contributors: Darton, Harvey, and Darton; Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson (Houghton Library)
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Printed for Darton, Harvey, and Darton ...
Published: 1818
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
Subjects: Didactic fiction; Biography; Juvenile literature; Gifted children; Children
Other titles: Some account of the early lives of celebrated characters who were remarkable in their childhood
Notes: Biographical sketches of the childhood of famous men and women, couched in a fictional dialogue.
Table of contents: title: James Ferguson; title: Caroline Simmons; title: Sir Isaac Newton; title: Doctor Franklin; title: Alexander Pope; title: Doctor Johnson; title: Richard Cumberland; title: Lucy Hutchinson; title: Henry Kirk White; title: William Cowper; title: Anthony Purver; title: Thomas Dermody; title: Martha Laurens Ramsey; title: Edward Gibbon; title: Hester Chapone.