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area in the 19th century. 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.William Cushing. ''Initials and pseudonyms: a dictionary of literary disguises'', Volume 1. NY: T. Y. Crowell & Co., 1885 Her husband, S.R. Urbino, was a bookseller and publisher of foreign literature and language-instruction books. She served as an officer of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and supported the

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Selected works

* ''Sunshine in the palace and cottage, or, Bright extremes in human life''. Boston: Heath & Groves, 1854Copies of ''Sunshine in the Palace and Cottage'' were in the libraries of Boston's Mercantile Library Association and the Peabody Institute, South Danvers, Massachusetts. cf. Catalogue of the Mercantile Library of Boston, 1854; Catalogue of the library of the Peabody Institute, South Danvers, Mass., 1855 * ''Miss Kate: or, the village teacher ; a true character''. Boston: New England Sabbath School Union, 1854. "Revised by the committee of publication
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* ''The home angel''. Boston: Wentworth & Co., 185
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* 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
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* ''An American woman in Europe: The journal of two years and a half sojourn in Germany, Switzerland, France, and Italy''. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 186
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* 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
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* L.B. Cuore .e. Levina Buoncuore Urbino ''Italian conversation-grammar'', 5th ed. Boston: S.R. Urbino, 187
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* ''Biographical sketches of eminent musical composers''. Boston:

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, 187
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;Translations * Céline Fallet; L.B. Urbino, translator. ''The old masters: The princes of art: painters, sculptors, and engravers''. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1870
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