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known copies), 1879 (no known copies). Some illustr Taylors.
Supposedly a revision of an earlier work (never identified). Pbd
anonymously, but the joint work of Ann, Jane and Isaac jr, with
some contributions by Rev Isaac. Cooperstown NY 1824 (selection).
review: Eclectic Rev Dec 1805.
City scenes: or, a peep into London for good children. 1806 (no
known copies), 1809 (2 edns), Philadelphia 1809, London 1814 (rev
and enlarged ‘for children’; includes 2nd type printing of Blake’s
Holy Thursday), 1818 (rev and enlarged; 3 edns), 1823 (rev), 1828
(rev and enlarged; pbd plain and coloured; 2 edns), nd [c. 1845]
(rev and enlarged, illustr John Gilbert and Folkard, pbd plain and
coloured), 1879 (Little Ladders to Learning, no known copies).
Supposedly a revision of an earlier work (never identified). Pbd as
‘By the author of Rural scenes’, but the work of Ann, Jane and
Isaac jr. Some illustr Taylors.
review: Literary Panorama Dec 1809.
Rhymes for the nursery. 1806, 1807 (2nd edn rev), 1809–12 (4 edns),
1813 (7th edn rev), Hartford CT 1813 (from 2nd English edn),
London 1814–35 (20 edns), 1836–43 (new edn, rev, 4 edns). nd [c.
1845] (1st illus edn by John Gilbert, rev, pbd plain and coloured),
Philadelphia 1849–60 (4 edns from 1845 English edn), London
1850–4 (new edn, rev, 3 edns), 1857–[63] (new rev and enlarged, 3
edns), 1859 (from 1845 edn), 1876–7 (Beeton’s Good-Aim ser. 22, 2
edns), 1872 (no known copies), 1878 (rev), 1881 (as 1845 but illustr
W. Small, Dalziel and others), 1886 (no known copies). Some
illustr Taylors. Tr Ger 1848. Pbd as ‘By the authors of Original
poems’, but the work of Ann (40 poems) and Jane (42 poems)
alone. (Includes Jane’s most famous poem The star [‘Twinkle,
twinkle little star’].) Many selections, both in England and USA,
some with different titles (The little field daisy, The snowdrop,
etc.) See also Collections and selections, above.
reviews: Critical Rev Aug 1806; Monthly Mirror Oct 1806.
Limed twigs, to catch young birds. 1808, Philadelphia 1811 (from 1st
English edn), London 1811–c. 1847 (8 edns), Philadelphia 1849 (rev
for schools, illustr A. C. Howland, 2 edns), New York 1852 (with
some Rhymes for the nursery), London 1880 (no known copies),
1881 (illustr G. Browne). (Progressive reading lessons in dialogue
form.) Pbd as ‘By the authors of Original poems etc’, but the work
of Ann and Jane alone. Some illustr Taylors.
review: Juvenile Rev 1817.
Signor Topsy-Turvey’s wonderful magic lantern; or, The world
turned upside down. 1810, Philadelphia 1811 (no known copies),
1814 (as The world turn’d upside down, in 2 pts, with 16 of original
24 poems, illustr J. Yeager), Northampton MA 1979 (priv ptd
selection of 8 poems as The world turned upside down, illustr T.
L. J. Cotsen). Some illustr Taylors. Supposedly a revision, with
new poems, of an earlier work (never identified). Pbd as By the
author of ‘My Mother’ and other poems, but the 24 poems the
work of Ann, Jane and Rev Isaac Taylor.
The associate minstrels. Ed Josiah Conder 1810, 1810 (2nd issue,
enlarged), 1813 (2nd edn, rev). Pbd anonymously; the 52 poems
comprise 20 by the Taylors (Ann 10, Jane 9, Rev Isaac 1); 32 by
Josiah Conder, his father and future wife, and Jacob Strutt. Illustr
Taylors.
review: Eclectic Rev Aug 1810.
Hymns for infant minds. 1810, 1810 (2nd edn, rev), Boston nd [1810],
1810 (2nd Amer edn, illus), London 1810 (3rd edn, no known
copies), 1811 (4th edn, rev), Boston, New York, New Haven CT etc
1811–30 (34 edns), London 1812–c. 1842 (30 edns), New York nd [c.
1830], Worcester MA 1831 (Amer schools edn with analyses by H. J.
Howland), New York, New Haven CT etc 1840–9 (3 edns), London
1844 (35th edn, new edn rev and enlarged by Ann Taylor Gilbert,
frontispiece by Josiah Gilbert), 1845–62 (11 edns), New York 1857
(as ‘By Jane Taylor’, illustr A. C. Howland), London 1868 (47th
edn, first large format edn), nd [c. 1870], [1876] (Beeton’s Good-
The Taylors of Ongar
Aim ser, 21), 1876 (first English illus edn, selected, rev and illustr J.
Gilbert; includes hymns from other Taylor pbns and some unpbd
hymns by Ann Taylor Gilbert), 1876 (2nd English illus edn, rev),
1877, 1878 and 1885 (Routledge Poetry Ser of Shilling Juveniles),
1886 (authorised edn, as 1876). Pbd as ‘By the authors of Original
poems and Rhymes for the nursery’. Of the 70 hymns, 32 were by
Ann, 30 by Jane, 5 by Isaac jr. Many selected edns both in England
and USA, some with different titles (Good child’s little hymn
book, etc.) Some illustr Taylors. Tr Rus 1831.
reviews: Eclectic Mag Oct 1810, Literary Panorama Oct 1810.
The mother’s fables. Designed . . . to correct . . . the faults and follies
of children. 1812, 1814 (with new sub-title), 1818 (illus edn), 1818
(without illus), 1824 (‘4th edn’), 1835 (new edn), 1842 (no known
copies), [1861] (new edn ‘By E. L. Aveline’, illustr William Harvey
and Dalziel). Supposedly a revision and improvement of an
earlier work (never identified). Advertised as ‘By the authors of
Original poems etc’, it was the work of Ann, Jane, probably Isaac
jr and, perhaps, Jefferys. Despite the attribution of the 1861 edn to
E. L. Aveline, the text of Pt 1 remains unchanged from previous
edns. Some illustr Taylors.
review: Juvenile Rev 1817.
Original hymns for Sunday schools. 1812, 1814 (3rd edn), 1816 (4th
edn, rev), Boston 1820 (1st Amer edn from 4th English edn,
unsigned illus), Hartford CT, Philadelphia 1820 (4 edns), London
1822–35 (3 stereotype edns), c. 1858 (9th edn, no known copies).
Pbd as ‘By the authors of Hymns for infant minds etc’, the 36
hymns were the joint work of Ann and Jane Taylor. Tr Rus 1831.
review: Eclectic Rev Jan 1813.
Correspondence between a mother and her daughter at school. 1817,
1817–29 (7 edns), New York 1818, Boston 1827 (as Familiar letters
between . . .), London 1855 (no known copies). Tr Du 1822. By Mrs
Ann and Jane Taylor.
reviews: GM July 1817; Literary Panorama Aug 1817; Monthly
Rev Oct 1817.
Incidents of childhood. 1821. Often ascribed to several members of
the Taylor family; see §1 under Isaac Taylor jr, below.
The linnet’s life. 1822. 12 poems illus. Pbd anon, probably the joint
work of Ann, Jane, Rev Isaac and, possibly, Isaac jr. Illustr Taylors.
c.1804–10 Isaac Taylor jr made drawings for a book by the Taylor family,
Bible stories large and small, but no pbd records exist under this title.
Contributions to books
Ann Taylor Gilbert’s Album (1813–1936). Photo-facs of ms New York
1978. Poems, prose, watercolours, drawings.
§2
The family pen. Memorials, biographical and literary, of the Taylor
family, of Ongar. Ed Rev (Canon) Isaac Taylor. 2 vols 1867.
Galton, Sir Francis. Hereditary genius: an inquiry into its laws and
consequences. 1869.
Balfour, Clara Lucas. Women worth emulating. 1877.
A dictionary of hymnology. Ed John Julian 1892, 1925 (rev).
Taylor, Henry. An annotated catalogue of books written by the
Taylors of Ongar, with notes on their careers as artists from
1750–1895. Typescript for priv circ 1895.
The ‘Original poems’ and others by Ann and Jane Taylor and
Adelaide O’Keeffe. Ed E. V. Lucas, illustr F. D. Bedford, nd [1903].
Armitage, D. M. The Taylors of Ongar. Cambridge 1939.
Stewart, C. D. The umbelliferous trio; the literary, moral and educational
contributions to literature of Ann, Jane and Jefferys
Taylor. Unpbd MA thesis, Univ of Toronto 1968.
Stewart, C. D. The Taylors of Ongar: an analytical bio-bibliography.
2 vols New York 1975.
Articles in periodicals include Christian Pocket Mag Nov 1820; Christian
Remembrancer 55 1868; Aunt Judy’s Mag Christmas 1875 (Ann and
Jane Taylor by Mrs Ewing); Quiver 3rd ser 15, 1880 (by Eliza Clarke); Essex
Rev 7 1898 (by J. Ewing Ritchie); Daily News 5 Feb 1926 (by Robert Lynd);
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