McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

The riot, or, Half a loaf is better than no bread ; The good militia man, or, The man that is worth a host ; and, The loyal sailor, or, no mutineering. London : Sold by J.E. Evans, printer to the Cheap Repository for Moral and Religious Tracts, 62, Snow Hill : sold also by J. Hatchard and Son, Piccadilly : And by all Booksellers and hawkers, in town and country, [between 1839 and 1844]

Alternative Title:

Half a loaf is better than no bread
The good militia man, or The man that is worth a host.
The man that is worth a host.
The loyal sailor, or, No mutineering.
No mutineering.

Contributor:

Rhodes family, former owner.
Evans, John Edward. prt
Nisbet, James, 1785-1854.
J. Hatchard and Son. prt

Publisher:

Sold by J.E. Evans, printer to the Cheap Repository for Moral and Religious Tracts, 62, Snow Hill : [between 1839 and 1844]

Notes:

Undated. Date range from trading dates of J.E. Evans, cf. Brown, P.A.H. London publishers and printers, c.1800-1870, p. 64.
At head of title: Cheap Repository.
Woodcut: title-page vignette.
First sentence: "Come neighbours, no longer be patient and quiet, Come let us go kick up a bit of a riot; I'm hungry, my lads, but I've little to eat, So we'll pull down the mills, and we'll seize all the meat; I'll give you good sport, boys as ever you saw, So a fig for the justice, a fig for the law."
Includes 1 woodcut.
Provenance: Tudor-Hart bequest.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 17 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Chapbooks -- England -- London -- 19th century

Chapbook Category:

Religious and Moral

Call Number:

PN970 E94 R56 1839 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=8052

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_E94_R56_1839