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| Title | The Young Sparrows: or, Little Robert taught humility (frontispiece and title page) |
| Author | Unknown |
| Publisher | F. Houlston and Son
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| Publisher Location | England--Salop--Wellington |
| Publication Date | Between 1807 and 1840 |
| Printer | F. Houlston and Son
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| Illustrator | Unknown
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| Image Production Process | Relief prints--woodcuts
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| Notes | Chapbook illustrated with uncolored woodcuts.
A lesson about teaching children empathy. The story is about Robert, a young boy, and his sisters who pluck all of the feathers from three sparrow chicks for their amusement. Although the sisters initially express compassion for the young birds and wish to care for them by capturing them in a cage, they are swayed by their brother who maintains "that it was better to pluck them just as they were, and that it would be much more funny to look at them jumping about the room without feathers, than to see them dismally shut up in a cage." As they are indulging in this cruel amusement, the tutor discovers their transgression and points out the suffering of the birds. The girls are mortified and declare that it was their brother who had led them to this cruelty. Robert sensible at last to his fault is punished by the reproaches of his own heart. The pity he feels from that moment for all creatures weaker than himself opens his heart to the sentiments of kindness and humanity, and forever changes him for the rest of his life.
The frontispiece depicts a young girl holding a bird tied to a piece of string. Printed below the illustration: The young sparrows.
Printed on the title page: Ornamented with cuts. Price two-pence. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Animal welfare -- Juvenile fiction; Chapbooks, English -- Specimens |
| Category | Cautionary tales
Moral instruction
Chapbooks
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0218 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection. BJ1639 Y68 1807 |
| Object Type | Chapbook
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| Physical Description | 31 p.: illustrated; 10.5 x 6.5 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original book at 400-600 dpi in TIFF format using a ScanMaker 6800, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2008. |
| Exhibit Checklist | Exhibit checklist A29 |
