William and George : the rich boy and the poor boy, or, a contented mind is the best feast : adorned with cuts.
Bibliographic Citation:
William and George : the rich boy and the poor boy, or, a contented mind is the best feast : adorned with cuts. Wellington, Salop ; London, 65 Paternoster-Row : Printed by F. Houlston and Son, [between 1825 and 1838]
Alternative Title:
Rich boy and the poor boy
Contented mind is the best feast
Contributor:
F. Houlston and Son. prt
Publisher:
Printed by F. Houlston and Son, [between 1825 and 1838]
Notes:
  • Houlston and her son flourished in Wellington ca. 1807-1840; cf. Osborne Coll., p. 479.
  • Undated. Dates from printer's form of name and years of activity at address, cf. P.A.H. Brown. London publishers and printers, p. 93.
  • Wood engravings, uncolored: frontispiece and illustrations.
  • Frontispiece included in pagination.
  • First and last leaves pasted-down to wrappers.
  • In publisher's pink printed wrappers; publisher's advertisements on lower wrapper.
  • First sentence: "A rich merchant, named Gibson, had an only child called William, who if he had been good might have been as happy as any boy in the world, for he had plenty of every thing his heart could desire."
  • Includes 8 woodcuts.
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: oval frontispiece; 6 oval woodcuts in rectangular frames; end-piece. All hand-coloured. Pink paper wrappers. Frontispiece & last page pasted down on wrappers. List on lower wrappers. Hobbyhorse Books, Ho Ho Kus, N.J. Feb/94. $225.00.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 11 x 7 cm.
Language:
English
Subject:
Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction.
Christian life -- Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature.
Work ethic -- Juvenile literature.
Rich people -- Juvenile fiction.
Poor -- Juvenile fiction.
Chapbooks, English -- Specimens.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
Genre/Form:
Chapbooks -- England -- Wellington (Shropshire) -- 19th century.
Juvenile literature -- England -- Wellington (Shropshire) -- 19th century.
Publishers' advertisements -- England -- Wellington (Shropshire) -- 19th century.
Chapbooks -- England -- London -- 19th century
Chapbook Category:
Prose Fiction
Call Number:
PN970 H68 W5 1825 Rare Books/Special Collections - Sheila R. Bourke 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:
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=8248
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_H68_W5_1825