Ella and her little brother.
Bibliographic Citation:
Ella and her little brother. New York (200 Mulberry-Street) : Sunday-School Union, [between 1856 and 1858] (New York : Carlton & Porter)
Contributor:
Whitney, Elias James, b. 1827. egr
Methodist Episcopal Church. Sunday School Union. pbl
Carlton & Porter. prt
Publisher:
Sunday-School Union, [between 1856 and 1858]
Notes:
  • Publisher's advertisement on p. [4] of wrapper; gives printer's name and full name of the Sunday-School Union.
  • Carlton & Porter published titles for the Sunday School Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church at 200 Mulberry St. between 1856 and 1858; cf. 19th Century American Children's Book Trade Directory WWW site.
  • Woodcut on p. [2] signed Whitney [i.e., Elias James Whitney].
  • First sentence: "Ella Ray was a very happy little girl when she was taken into her mamma's room by her aunt, one day, and saw there a dear little baby."
  • Includes 3 woodcuts.
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: 1 woodcut by Whitney, on p.[2]. Green decorated wrapers. Gift. 1979. Given to McGill 2001.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 11 x 8 cm.
Language:
English
Subject:
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
Genre/Form:
Chapbooks -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century
Chapbook Category:
Religious and Moral
Call Number:
PN970 S863 E5 1856 Rare Books/Special Collections - Sheila R. Bourke Collection
Digital Collection:
McGill Library's Chapbook Collection
Sponsor:
The McGill Library's Chapbook Collection was made possible through a generous donation from the Harold Crabtree Foundation.
Copyright:
All images licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/deed.en_US. For information, please contact Rare Books and Special Collections, McGill University Library.
Link to this chapbook:
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=7572
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_S863_E5_1856