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Garden amusements : for improving the minds of little children.

Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition 37681. Connect to full text. Available online

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Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819 Available online

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
Hervey, James, 1714-1758.
Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870, engraver.
Series:
Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 37681.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Children's stories.
Gardens--Juvenile fiction.
Gardens.
Siblings--Juvenile fiction.
Siblings.
Brothers and sisters.
Nature stories.
Greenhouses.
Birds--Juvenile poetry.
Birds.
Greenhouses--Juvenile poetry.
Genre:
Nature stories.
Juvenile literature -- 1816.
Poems -- 1816.
Publishers' advertisements -- New York (State) -- New York.
Booksellers' advertisements -- New York (State) -- New York.
Advertisements -- Card games.
Fiction.
Poetry.
Physical Description:
34, that is, 44 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 14 cm
Place of Publication:
New-York: : Printed and sold by Samuel Wood & Sons, at the Juvenile Book-Store, 1816.
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
text file
Notes:
Wood engraving on p. [36] signed: A [i.e., Alexander Anderson].
Error in paging: p. 44 misnumbered 34.
Last page blank.
"The jackdaw."--p. 33-35, in verse. By William Cowper.
"The green-house."--p. [36]-41, in verse. By William Cowper.
"Reflections on a flower-garden."--p. [42]-44. By James Hervey.
"Samuel Wood & Sons, booksellers & printers ... have for sale ... the following of their own publications ... Garden amusements, 0 12 1/2 [cents] ..."--advertisement, p. [45-47]. Advertisement includes list of educational card games.
"For sale by Samuel Wood & Sons at the Juvenile Book-store, and paper warehouse, ..."--advertisement, back cover.
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. 37681).
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