The history of Mary Wood, the house-maid, or, The danger of false excuses. Cheap repository ; [47]
Bibliographic Citation:
More, Hannah, 1745-1833. The history of Mary Wood, the house-maid, or, The danger of false excuses. Bath : Sold by S. Hazard, printer to the Cheap Repository for Religious and Moral Tracts ; London : By J. Marshall, printer to the Cheap Repository, No. 17, Queen-Street, Cheapside, and No. 4, Aldermary Church-Yard : And R. White, Piccadilly : And by all Booksellers, newsmen, and hawkers, in town and country, [1796]
Alternative Title:
History of Mary Wood, the house-maid
Danger of false excuses
Mary Wood
Publisher:
Sold by S. Hazard, printer to the Cheap Repository for Religious and Moral Tracts ; [1796]
Notes:
  • Anonymous, attributed to Hannah More (cf. ESTC).
  • Undated. Imprint date from Spinney and ESTC, cited below.
  • At head of titlepage: Cheap Repository.
  • Caption title: History of Mary Wood, &c.
  • "[Entered at Stationers Hall.]" (in italics).
  • Woodcut: title page vignette.
  • Also issued as part of: 'Cheap repository tracts, published during the year 1796. Forming volume II.', London, [1797].
  • First sentence: "Mr. Heartwell, the worthy clergyman of a country parish, was sitting in the porch of this little parsonage, when he saw a figure rather flying than running down a hill near his house, the swiftness of whose motion made it hard to discern what she was, much less could he guess who she was."
  • Includes 1 woodcut.
  • Citations/References: Spinney, G.H. Cheap repository tracts. (The Library, 4th ser., v. 20, no. 3 (Dec. 1939): 295-340), 47
  • Citations/References: ESTC, T36421
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 18 x 12 cm. (12⁰)
Language:
English
Chapbook Category:
Religious and Moral
Digital Collection:
McGill Library's Chapbook Collection
Copyright:
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Link to this chapbook:
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=8030
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_C52_no_47