Poetic gift : containing Mrs. Barbauld's hymns, in verse / by Mary Belson . Babcock's moral, instructive and amusing toy books
Bibliographic Citation:
Elliott, Mary, 1794?-1870. Poetic gift : containing Mrs. Barbauld's hymns, in verse / by Mary Belson . New Haven : Printed and published by S. Babcock, [ca. 1840]
Publisher:
Printed and published by S. Babcock, [ca. 1840]
Notes:
  • Mrs. Barbauld's prose hymns set into verse by Mary Elliott.
  • Publisher's series listed on lower wrapper.
  • First sentence: "The Sun's bright beams that cheer the sight, And make all nature look so gay, The Moon, who, in the gloom of night, Kindly emits her silver ray; The Whale, great monster of the sea, And Elephant, so great on land, The Worm, which creeps so sluggishly--All spring from a superior hand."
  • Includes 11 woodcuts.
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: yellow pictorial wrappers. The Children's Books of Mary (Belson) Elliott - Moon - 3271. St. Nicholas Books, Toronto. Feb/74. $12.50. Given to McGill 2001.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 15 cm.
Language:
English
Chapbook Category:
Metrical Tales and Other Verse
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:
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Link to this chapbook:
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=8174
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_B3_P6_1840