McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

More, Hannah, 1745-1833. The carpenter, or, The danger of evil company ; The gin-shop, or, A peep into a prison ; The riot, or, Half a loaf is better than no bread : in a dialogue between Jack Anvil and Tom Hod ; Patient Joe, or, The Newcastle collier. The execution of Wild Robert : being a warning to all parents. A new Christmas carol, called The Merry Chirstmas [sic] and Happy New Year. [London : J. Marshall : and R. White ; Bath : S. Hazard, 1795]

Alternative Title:

Carpenter
The execution of Wild Robert.
A new Christmas carol.
Danger of evil company

Creator:

More, Hannah, 1745-1833.

Contributor:

Marshall, John, printer.
More, Hannah, 1745-1833. Patient Joe.
More, Hannah, 1745-1833. Riot.
Hazard, Samuel, d. 1806. prt
More, Hannah, 1745-1833. Gin-shop.
White, R. prt

Publisher:

J. Marshall : 1795]

Notes:

In verse.
Title from cover.
First four works signed: Z [i.e. Hannah More].
Six tracts originally printed separately as broadsides, Mar.-Dec. 1795 and reprinted in 1795 as a 24-page collection of 6 ballads; cf. Spinney, cited below.
No imprint. Imprint suggested by Spinney, cited below.
At head of title: Cheap Repository.
First five works have own title page with woodcut vignette.
Woodcuts differ from those of original broadsides.
First sentence: "There was a young West-country man, A carpenter by trade, A skilful wheelwright too was he, And few such Waggons made."
Includes 5 woodcuts.
Citations/References: Spinney, G.H. Cheap repository tracts. (The Library, 4th ser., v. 20, no. 3 (Dec. 1939): 295-340), 4
Citations/References: Spinney, G.H. Cheap repository tracts. (The Library, 4th ser., v. 20, no. 3 (Dec. 1939): 295-340), 8
Citations/References: Spinney, G.H. Cheap repository tracts. (The Library, 4th ser., v. 20, no. 3 (Dec. 1939): 295-340), 34
Citations/References: Spinney, G.H. Cheap repository tracts. (The Library, 4th ser., v. 20, no. 3 (Dec. 1939): 295-340), 30
Citations/References: Spinney, G.H. Cheap repository tracts. (The Library, 4th ser., v. 20, no. 3 (Dec. 1939): 295-340), 26
Citations/References: Spinney, G.H. Cheap repository tracts. (The Library, 4th ser., v. 20, no. 3 (Dec. 1939): 295-340), 44
Citations/References: ESTC, T19972

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 16 x 9 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Conduct of life -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800.
Christian life -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800.
Ballads, English -- Texts -- Early works to 1800.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Chapbooks -- England -- London -- 18th century

Chapbook Category:

Religious and Moral

Call Number:

PN970 C52 A1 1795 Rare Books/Special Collections

Digital Collection:

McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

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Link to this chapbook:

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=8009

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_C52_A1_1795