The daisy, or, Little rhymes for little readers. Toy books
Bibliographic Citation:
The daisy, or, Little rhymes for little readers. New Haven : S. Babcock, [1826]
Alternative Title:
Daisy
Daisy, or, Little lessons for little learners
Little rhymes for little readers
Publisher:
S. Babcock, [1826]
Notes:
  • In yellow printed wrapper, publisher's advertisements on p. [4].
  • First sentence: "I'm a pretty little thing, Always coming with the spring; In the meadows green I'm found, Peeping just above the ground, And my stalk is cover'd flat, With a white and yellow hat."
  • Includes 7 woodcuts.
  • Contents: The field daisy -- The bird -- The good little boy -- The new house -- Five years old -- The moon -- The ride -- Little Mary.
  • Provenance: LC copy is the gift of Frank J. Hogan, Jan. 3, 1941.
  • Approximate date of printing suggested by an inscription dated 1826 in another copy held by the University of Florida.
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: 6 wood engraved plates; title-page vignette by Alexander Anderson; hand coloured by a child. Decorated buff wrappers. Adelphi Book Shop. Victoria, B.C. March/71. $8.50.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 90 mm.
Language:
English
Chapbook Category:
Nursery Rhymes
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=7211
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_B3_D3_1826