Cottage tales for little people, or, The amusing repository for all good boys and girls. Lumsden & Son's juvenile library
Bibliographic Citation:
Cottage tales for little people, or, The amusing repository for all good boys and girls. Glasgow : Published and sold wholesale, by Lumsden & Son, [between 1815 and 1820]
Alternative Title:
Amusing repository for all good boys and girls
Publisher:
Published and sold wholesale, by Lumsden & Son, [between 1815 and 1820]
Notes:
  • "[Price twopence.]."
  • Approximate date from Roscoe, cited below.
  • Series statement from publisher's wrappers.
  • Woodcuts: title-page vignette, text illustrations; attributed to John or Thomas Bewick; cf. Hugo, cited below.
  • " ... woodcuts ... ape John Bewick, but are hardly good enough for Lee"--Roscoe.
  • Prefatory "Address" in verse: p. [2].
  • First sentence: "Little Elizabeth had four sisters who were all older than herself."
  • Includes 9 woodcuts.
  • Contents: The little hopper -- The white chicken -- Charlotte -- The sly child -- The untidy girls -- The good child -- The dairy maid -- Will the groom; or, The little orphan boy -- The bird and cage -- The good boy's resolution.
  • Citations/References: Roscoe, S. Lumsden, 59
  • Citations/References: Hugo, T. Bewick, 319
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: wood-cut in frame on frontispiece; 8 wood-cuts in text. Pink wrappers. Lumsden- Roscoe & Brimmell - #59. Victoria Book Shop. New York. July/89. $155.00. Hobbyhorse Books. Ho Ho Kus, N.J. -'95 - $325.00; Aleph-Bet. Valley Cottage, N.Y. - '97 - $400.00.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 10 x 7 cm.
Language:
English
Chapbook Category:
Prose Fiction
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=8275
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_L86_C6_1815