The Parents' Manual; or, Home and School Training

Green blind embossed cloth 8vo with gilt-stamped spine, 290pp. Engraved frontis portrait with tissue guard. Very Good+ with a slight lean and touch of rubbing to extremities. Mild foxing to title page only. Dated signature of L. L. Sproul, San Francisco 1878, on first blank. Tight, clean copy. Orcutt was a prominent educator originally from a rural New Hampshire family with limited access to education. In addition to his work as an instructor, he served as principal of the Tilden Ladies' Seminary and was briefly a representative in the New Hampshire General Court (1870-72), where he spearheaded the establishment of the State Normal School at Plymouth, arranged for the reorganization of local school systems and created mandates for public school attendance.