The affecting history of the children in the wood / embellished with neat engravings.
Bibliographic Citation:
The affecting history of the children in the wood / embellished with neat engravings. London : Dean and Munday : A.K. Newman, [between 1814 and 1828]
Publisher:
Dean and Munday : [between 1814 and 1828]
Notes:
  • A prose version interspersed with excerpts from the ballad.
  • Approximate dates inferred from the dates of the publishers' forms of name according to Hall, T.H. Some printers & publishers of conjuring books, p. 38.
  • Publisher's ads, p. [2-4] of wrappers.
  • First and last leaves pasted to wrappers.
  • First sentence: "Now ponder well, you parents dear, These words, which I shall write: A doleful story you shall hear, In time brought forth to light: A gentleman of good account, In Norfolk dwelt of late, Who did in honour far surmount Most men of his estate."
  • Includes 8 woodcuts.
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: Pale pink pictorial paper wrappers. Hand-coloured folded frontispiece; 8 cuts in text.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 15 cm.
Language:
English
Chapbook Category:
Legendary Romances, Fairy Stories and Folk Tales in Prose
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=8211
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_D43_C45_1814