The children in the wood : an affecting tale.
Bibliographic Citation:
The children in the wood : an affecting tale. Cooperstown : Stereotyped, printed, and sold by H. & E. Phinney, 1837.
Alternative Title:
Children in the wood (Ballad)
Contributor:
H. & E. Phinney (Firm), stereotyper.
Publisher:
Stereotyped, printed, and sold by H. & E. Phinney, 1837.
Notes:
  • A prose version of the story; in verse on p. [28]-31.
  • Title page vignette.
  • First sentence: "A good little boy, whose name was Edgar, and his sister, whose name was Jane, were the children of a gentleman and lady, who lived in Norfolk."
  • Includes 16 woodcuts.
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: yellow pictorial front wrapper. Lacking back wrapper. Portland, Maine. Ephemera Fair. July/92. $47.00. Given to McGill 2001.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 14 x 10 cm.
Language:
English
Subject:
Children's stories.
Children's poetry.
Infanticide -- Juvenile fiction.
Infanticide -- Juvenile poetry.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
Genre/Form:
Chapbooks -- New York (State) -- Cooperstown -- 19th century
Chapbook Category:
Legendary Romances, Fairy Stories and Folk Tales in Prose
Call Number:
PN970 P456 C4 1837 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=8299
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_P456_C4_1837