Category: Books – Textbooks

In 1875, Wilson, Hinkle & Co. added another text book to their growing portfolio, this one by Thomas W. Harvey… read more 1875: First Lessons in the English Language

In 1875, Wilson, Hinkle & Co. published a new series of five readers by T. W. Harvey. I cannot find… read more 1875: The Fifth Reader by T. W. Harvey

In 1875, Wilson, Hinkle & Co. published a new series of five readers by T. W. Harvey. I cannot find… read more 1875: The Fourth Reader by Harvey

Mary Elise Thalheimer wrote the New Eclectic History of the United States, to which Farny contributed some illustrations. The originals… read more 1890: New Eclectic History of the US

In 1884, Van Antwerp, Bragg and Company published a text book called Eclectic Primary History of the United States that… read more 1884: Eclectic Primary History of the U.S. 

Eli F. Brown included at least ten illustrations of Farny’s in this book written for children on the harms of… read more 1887: “The House I Live In” Illustrations

The McGuffey Eclectic Primer wasn’t published until 1881, two years after most of the others were updated and published. Again,… read more 1881 McGuffey’s Eclectic Primer

Here’s another Eclectic Series book that Farny had a hand in designing, the McGuffey Eclectic Spelling Book. I can’t find… read more 1879: McGuffey’s Eclectic Spelling Book

In 1878, Author Ebenezer Baldwin Andrews authored a text book on geology titled: An Elementary Geology: Designed Especially for the… read more 1878: “An Elementary Geology” Illustrations

Farny’s design of Eclectic Series books included more than just illustrating images. In this book, thanks to the foresight of… read more 1883: The Eclectic Series Elementary Geography