The Shipwreck : showing what sometimes happens on the sea coasts : also giving a particular account of a poor sailor boy who was refused any assistance by the wreckers, and who died in consequence of their inhuman conduct / [R.M.]. American Tract Society,
Bibliographic Citation:
R. M. The Shipwreck : showing what sometimes happens on the sea coasts : also giving a particular account of a poor sailor boy who was refused any assistance by the wreckers, and who died in consequence of their inhuman conduct / [R.M.]. New York : American Tract Society, 144 Nassau-Street, [between 1829 and 1832]
Creator:
R. M.
Publisher:
American Tract Society, 144 Nassau-Street, [between 1829 and 1832]
Notes:
  • The American Tract Society published at 144 Nassau St. from 1827 to 1832; Series 2 was first published in 1829.
  • Also paged [163]-176.
  • Signed by "R.M." --p. 16.
  • First sentence: "In winter's rude storm, when the tempests blow loud, And the hail drives full hard 'gainst the door, And babes run together, like lambs in a crowd, And cling to their mother, as, forth from a cloud, Fresh and deep-roaring torrents still pour: When wolves through the forest in savageness scowl, And poor lambs cry for help, but in vain; - And tigers for slaughter rush forward and howl, And wreckers, as cruel, do savagely prowl Round the shores of the dark-troubled main: 'Tis then the poor bark often sinks in the wave, And brave seamen go down to the dead; No harbour, nor vessel, nor mortal to save, To snatch one poor soul from a watery grave, Or in pity to hold up his head."
  • Includes 4 woodcuts.
  • Copy in McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections: buff pictorial wrappers; publisher's advertisement on cover 4.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 98 x 65 mm.
Language:
English
Subject:
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
Genre/Form:
Chapbooks -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century
Chapbook Category:
Metrical Tales and Other Verse
Call Number:
PN970 A4 S45 1829 Rare Books/Special Collections - Children's 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=7204
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_A4_S45_1829