The affecting history of the children in the wood. : Adorned with cuts. : [Four lines of verse].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

English, Clara.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 40465.

Standardized Title:

Children in the wood

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.

Older women--Juvenile fiction.

Older women.

Charity-schools--Juvenile fiction.

Charity-schools.

Genre:

Juvenile literature -- 1817.

Folk tales -- 1817.

Ballads.

Booksellers' advertisements -- Connecticut -- New Haven.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

46 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 13 cm

Place of Publication:

[New Haven] : From Sidney's Press New-Haven., 1817.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

A version of the story in which an old woman finds the children in the wood and places them in a school of industry.

Caption title: Children in the wood.

By Clara English.

Pages [1] and [48] blank; pasted to printed wrapper.

"The children in the wood: a favorite ballad."--p. [38]-46.

"Books; for children and for schools. A very extensive variety, for sale by John Babcock & Son. In boxes assorted, they are offered to booksellers ten per cent lower than they can be imported. Cash paid for rags."--advertisement, p. [47].

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. 40465).

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