The history of Lucy Gray.
Bibliographic Citation:
Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850. The history of Lucy Gray. London : Bishop & Co., Printers, 101, Houndsditch, London, [1860]
Alternative Title:
Lucy Gray
Sleep baby sleep
Creator:
Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850.
Contributor:
Bishop & Co. (London, England)
Publisher:
Bishop & Co., Printers, 101, Houndsditch, London, [1860]
Notes:
  • Book unfolds to be 38 cm long.
  • Includes poem "Sleep, baby, sleep."
  • Undated. Date from publisher's form of name and years of activity, British Book Trade Index WWW site.
  • First sentence: "Oft I had heard of Lucy Gray, And when I cross'd the wild I chanced to see at break of day The solitary child."
  • Includes 7 woodcuts.
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections Sheila R. Bourke: hand-coloured title-page; 5 woodcuts; pictorial self-wrappers. Laurie Hill Ltd. Montreal. Dec/65. $1.00.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 13 x 10 cm.
Language:
English
Subject:
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
Missing children -- Juvenile poetry.
Genre/Form:
Chapbooks -- England -- London -- 19th century
Chapbook Category:
Metrical Tales and Other Verse
Call Number:
PN970 B57 H5 1860 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=8188
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_B57_H5_1860