The tragical history of the children in the wood. : Containing a true account of their unhappy fate; with the history of their parents, and their unnatural uncle. : interspersed with instructive morals. : Embellished with twenty-eight engravings.

Format:

Book

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 7381.

Standardized Title:

Children in the wood (Ballad)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children's stories.

Children's poetry.

Siblings--Juvenile literature.

Siblings.

Brothers and sisters.

Orphans--Juvenile literature.

Orphans.

Uncles--Juvenile literature.

Uncles.

Infanticide--Juvenile literature.

Infanticide.

Genre:

Juvenile literature -- 1804.

Folk tales -- 1804.

Ballads.

Publishers' advertisements -- Massachusetts -- Boston.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

92 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 11 cm

Other Title:

History of the children in the wood.

Place of Publication:

Boston: : Printed and sold by Manning & Loring, no. 2, Cornhill., --1804.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

Contains a prose version of the Children in the wood, p. [5]-78. Followed by "The children in the wood. A favourite ballad," p. [79]-92. The prose version is an adaptation of the ballad.

Caption title: The children in the wood.

Running title: The history of the children in the wood.

Pages [1] and [94] blank.

"Watt's Divine songs for children. Just published and sold at no. 2, Cornhill ... January, 1804."--advertisement, p. [93].

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 7381).

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