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Bibliographic Citation:

More, Hannah, 1745-1833. The beggarly boy : a parable. London : Sold by J. Marshall (Printer to the Cheap Repository for Moral and Religious Tracts) No. 17, Queen Street, Cheapside, and No. 4, Aldermary Church-Yard : And R. White, Piccadilly ; Bath : By S. Hazard, printer to the Cheap Repository : And by all Booksellers, newsmen, and hawkers, in town and country, [1795]

Alternative Title:

Sunday reading

Creator:

More, Hannah, 1745-1833.

Contributor:

Marshall, John, printer.
White, R. prt
Hazard, Samuel, d. 1806. prt

Publisher:

Sold by J. Marshall (Printer to the Cheap Repository for Moral and Religious Tracts) No. 17, Queen Street, Cheapside, and No. 4, Aldermary Church-Yard : [1795]

Notes:

By Hannah More; author supplied from Rosenbach, cited below.
"Entered at Stationers Hall."
Woodcut: title page vignette.
At head of title: Cheap repository. Sunday reading.
Publisher's advertisements on [2] p. following text: p. [23] begins, "This day are published ..."; p. [24] continues, "On the 1st of July, 1795, will be published ..." to "On the 1st of November ..."
Date of publication supplied from publisher's ads: p. [24] and from Welch, cited below.
Cf. Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 338.
First sentence: "Once on a time a poor beggarly boy, who used to carry matches about the streets, was met by a very rich and worthy Gentleman, who observing his hollow eyes, his sallow looks, and his bent body, as well as the extreme filth with which he was covered, was touched with such compassion for the lad, that he was disposed to render him some Effectual Relief; and accordingly the gentleman dropt a hint, that he had a mind to do something considerable for him."
Includes 3 woodcuts.
Citations/References: Welch, D.A. Amer. children's books, 169.21
Citations/References: Spinney, G.H. Cheap repository tracts. (The Library, 4th ser., v. 20, no. 3 (Dec. 1939): 295-340), 25
Citations/References: ESTC, T48879

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 17 x 10 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature.
Faith -- Juvenile literature.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Parables.
Sermons.
Chapbooks -- England -- London -- 18th century

Chapbook Category:

Religious and Moral

Call Number:

PN970 C52 no.25 Rare Books/Special Collections

Digital Collection:

McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

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Link to this chapbook:

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=8016

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_C52_no_25