The Family magazine; or, a Repository of religious instruction, and rational amusement. ... By Mrs. Trimmer.

Format:

Journal/Periodical

Contributor:

Trimmer, Mrs. (Sarah), 1741-1810.

Trimmer, Mrs. (Sarah), 1741-1810, ed.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Moral education--England--18th century--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Moral education.

Genre:

Periodicals -- England -- 18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (18 v. ) ill. ;

Monthly

January 1788-June 1789.

Other Title:

Family magazine; or, a Repository of religious instruction,

Place of Publication:

London [England] : printed by and for J[ohn]. Marshall and Co. Aldermary Church Yard, in Bow Lane, [1788-1789]

Notes:

Collected semiannually by: The Family magazine; or, A repository of religious instruction, and rational amusement.

Editor and principal contributor: Sarah Trimmer.

"Designed to counteract the pernicious tendency of immoral books, &c. which have circulated of late years among the inferior classes of people."

First words of title and date of issue repeated as caption on first page of text.

Semiannual volumes repeat title of monthly issues on general title pages.

Monthly issue title pages include table of contents.

Imprints lack dates; years of publication from dates of issues.

Imprint addresses vary; from March 1789 address includes both "No. 17 Queen Street" and "Aldermary Church Yard".

Contains 20 no. of "Moral tales" by Sarah Trimmer.

Reproduction of original from "Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas".

Cited in:

NCBEL, II:1288

NCBEL, II:1308

Times handlist, p. 46

Ward, W.S. Index of serials, p. 57-58

English Short Title Catalog, P2268.

Related Work:

Trimmer, Mrs. (Sarah), 1741-1810. Moral tales, No. 1-20

OCLC:

642234332