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The third chapter of accidents and remarkable events : containing caution and instruction for children.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection HV675.5 .D373 1807
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Darton, William, 1755-1819.
- Standardized Title:
- Accidents and remarkable events. Chapter 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children's stories.
- Accidents--Juvenile literature.
- Accidents.
- Genre:
- Intaglio prints.
- Juvenile literature -- 19th century.
- Penn Provenance:
- Howard, Albert A., -2017 (bookplate) (RBC copy)
- Physical Description:
- [48] p. : ill. ; 13 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : J. Johnson, 1807.
- Contents:
- On bird's nests
- Escapes from danger
- A great cry, but no harm done
- Pigs love milk!
- Air balloons
- Extraordinary leap
- Squirrels suckled by a cat
- An account of a burning well, as related by an eye-witness
- Slavery
- Further account of air-balloons
- Extract of a letter from India
- Feed and treat a lion well
- Danger of travelling in foggy weather
- Providential escape
- Never play with fire-arms
- Love edifieth
- Of the jay
- The young lamp-lighter.
- Local Notes:
- RBC copy has ms. bibliographical notes in pencil on p. [2] of cover.
- RBC copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2019 from The Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Company.
- RBC copy has bookplate of Albert A. Howard ("AHA") affixed to p. [3] of cover.
- RBC copy: p. [1]-[4] and [45]-[48] detached.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Friends of the Library Endowment Fund.
- Cited in:
- Shaw & Shoemaker 12394
- Welch, D.A. Amer. children's books, 259.2
- Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 291
- OCLC:
- 465277
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