Adelaide, or, The rainy evening : a moral tale.
Bibliographic Citation:
Adelaide, or, The rainy evening : a moral tale. Boston : Published at the Christian Register Office, 1827.
Alternative Title:
Adelaide
Rainy evening
Contributor:
Christian Register Office, publisher.
Publisher:
Published at the Christian Register Office, 1827.
Notes:
  • In printed wrapper.
  • First sentence: "Come, dear mother, said Julia, as she drew her chair up to the neat little work-table after the evening meal--the rain is pattering against the windows, and I think you will have no visiters this evening."
  • Includes 5 woodcuts.
  • Citations/References: Shoemaker 27787
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: frontispiece & 3 black & white cuts; buff pictorial wrappers; 14.4 x 8.6 cms; Adelphi Book Shop, Victoria B.C. Xmas/69 $20.00; Hobbyhorse Books, Ho Ho Kus, N.J. - '90 - $75.00; Hobbyhorse - '96 - $100.00; given to McGill 2001.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 15 x 9 cm.
Language:
English
Subject:
Children and death -- Juvenile fiction.
Obedience -- Juvenile fiction.
Sick -- Juvenile fiction.
Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction.
Christian life -- Juvenile fiction.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
Genre/Form:
Juvenile literature -- 1827.
Chapbooks -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- 19th century
Chapbook Category:
Religious and Moral
Call Number:
PN970 C527 A3 1827 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:
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Link to this chapbook:
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=8195
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_C527_A3_1827