The Child's new play-thing: being a spelling-book intended to make the learning to read a diversion instead of a task. Consisting of Scripture-histories, fables, stories, moral and religious precepts, proverbs, songs, riddles, dialogues, &c. : The whole adapted to the capacities of children, and divided into lessons of one, two, three and four syllables. : To which is added three dialogues; I. Shewing how a little boy shall make every body love him. 2. How a little boy shall grow wiser than the rest of his school-fellows. 3. How a little boy shall become a great man. : Designed for the use of schools, or for children before they go to school.

Format:

Book

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 6477.

Language:

English

Genre:

Readers.

Spellers.

Juvenile literature -- 1750.

Dialogues.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (120 pages)

Edition:

The fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston: : Printed by J. Draper, for J. Edwards in Cornhill., 1750.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Edition statement transposed; precedes "To which is added ..." on title page.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 6477).

Cited in:

Evans 6477

Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 194.1

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