McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

Wisdom in miniature, or, The young gentleman and lady's magazine : being a collection of sentences divine and moral ... Montreal : Printed by Nahum Mower, 1809.

Alternative Title:

Young gentleman and lady's magazine

Contributor:

Mower, Nahum, 1779?-1830, printer.

Publisher:

Printed by Nahum Mower, 1809.

Notes:

"Train up a little child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it."
First sentence: "Useful knowledge can have no enemies, except the ignorant:--- It cherishes youth, delights the aged, is an ornament in prosperity, and yields comfort in adversity."
Alphabet on verso of title page.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 11 cm. (24mo)

Language:

English

Subject:

Children -- Conduct of life.
Christian literature for children.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Chapbooks -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- 19th century

Chapbook Category:

Religious and Moral

Call Number:

PN970 M685 W57 1809 Rare Books/Special Collections

Digital Collection:

McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Sponsor:

Page 31 pasted to plain blue lower paper cover; wanting upper cover; paging: [3], 6-31 p., title page being p. [3] (wanting initial leaf?)

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Link to this chapbook:

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=10631

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_M685_W57_1809