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active 1875-1876 James Ashton

Known today mainly through the rare work The Book of Nature, this little-documented 19th-century writer remains somewhat mysterious. Even with the gaps, the surviving record suggests an author whose name is chiefly preserved by one practical, widely reprinted book.

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The Book of Nature Containing information for young people who think of getting married, on the philosophy of procreation and sexual intercourse, showing how to prevent conception and to avoid child-bearing: also, rules for management during labor and child-birth

The Book of Nature Containing information for young people who think of getting married, on the philosophy of procreation and sexual intercourse, showing how to prevent conception and to avoid child-bearing: also, rules for management during labor and child-birth

by active 1875-1876 James Ashton

About the author

James Ashton is listed in major library and public-domain records as an author active in 1875–1876. Those records consistently connect the name with The Book of Nature, a 19th-century work that has remained in circulation through archival and reprint editions.

Very little biographical information appears to survive beyond those catalog entries. Because of that, it is safest to describe Ashton as an obscure author known primarily from the publication history of this book rather than from a well-documented personal life.

No suitable verified portrait could be confirmed from the sources consulted, so none is included here.