The children in the wood : an instructive tale / by Clara English.

Author/creator English, Clara
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Publish'd by J. Johnson, 1803.
Description64 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 17 cm
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subjects

SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 8397. ^A575643
General noteA version of the story in which an old woman finds the children in the wood and places them in a school of industry.
General noteContains metal-engraved illustrations that appear on the same pages as printed text. The title page is wholly engraved.
General noteWithout colophon. Another issue has colophon: Printed by Budd & Bartram.
General noteMistakenly dated 1805 by Shaw & Shoemaker.
General noteLast page blank.
General note"A ballad. The children in the wood, or The Norfolk gentleman's last will and testament."--p. 57-63.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 8397
References Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 350.2
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic 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. 8397).
Genre/formJuvenile literature 1803.
Genre/formFolk tales 1803.
Genre/formBallads.
Other title Children in the wood (Ballad)

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