Levina Buoncuore Urbino or Lavinia Buoncuore Urbino (died 1888) was an American writer and translator who lived in the Boston, Massachusetts area in the 19th century.[1][2] Among her published works was An American Woman in Europe (1869), a frank account of her travels in Europe 1866–1869; she also wrote children's books and a guide to art technique. She sometimes wrote under a pseudonym: L. Boncoeur, L. B. Cuore, or L. Buoncuore.[3]
Her husband, S.R. Urbino, was a bookseller and publisher of foreign literature and language-instruction books.[3][4] She served as an officer of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals[5] and supported the New England Hospital for Women and Children.[6]
Selected works
edit- Sunshine in the palace and cottage, or, Bright extremes in human life. Boston: Heath & Groves, 1854[7]
- Miss Kate: or, the village teacher ; a true character. Boston: New England Sabbath School Union, 1854. "Revised by the committee of publication" Google books
- The home angel. Boston: Wentworth & Co., 1858 Google books
- L. Boncoeur (i.e. Levina Buoncuore Urbino). L'instructeur de l'enfrance: (A first book for children), 2nd ed. Boston: S.R. Urbino, 1864
- E.M. Sewell, L.B. Urbino. Dictation exercises. Boston: S.R. Urbino; NY: Holt, 1867. Google books
- An American woman in Europe: The journal of two years and a half sojourn in Germany, Switzerland, France, and Italy. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1869 Google books
- L.B. Urbino and Henry Day. Art recreations: being a complete guide to pencil drawing, oil painting, watercolor painting ... with valuable receipts for preparing materials. Boston: J.E. Tilton, 1869. "Splendidly illustrated" Google books
- L.B. Cuore [i.e. Levina Buoncuore Urbino]. Italian conversation-grammar, 5th ed. Boston: S.R. Urbino, 1870 Google books
- Biographical sketches of eminent musical composers. Boston: Oliver Ditson, 1876 Google books
- Translations
- Céline Fallet; L.B. Urbino, translator. The old masters: The princes of art: painters, sculptors, and engravers. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1870. Google books
References
editFurther reading
edit- Gardner, Eric. Coloring History and Mixing Race in Levina Urbino's Sunshine in the Palace and Cottage and Louise Heaven's In Bonds. Legacy, Volume 24, Number 2, 2007, pp. 187–206
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