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William and George: the rich boy and the poor boy, or, a contented mind is the best feast (pp. 16-17)
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| Title | William and George: the rich boy and the poor boy, or, a contented mind is the best feast (pp. 16-17) |
| Author | Unknown |
| Publisher | F. Houlston and Son
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| Publisher Location | England -- London
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 with uncolored woodcut illustrations.
Part of the Twelve Chapbooks series.
A story about a rich yet unhappy boy and a poor yet happy boy. Master William is a spoiled boy who cried "for he knew not what" and was "such a poor, whining, sullen, tiresome, idle creature, that he was a torment to himself and all around him". George, on the other hand, took care "neither to offend either mother or father" and "never failed to remember that all good comes from God" and was the "merriest lad in the village". When William loses his parents and his money and is forced to labor like George, he becomes hearty, strong and merry like poor boys.
These pages discuss the rich boy recovering from the death of his mother and then finding out that his father has drowned at sea. The poor boy consoles him and the poor family adopts the rich boy as their son. The illustration depicts a man and an angel watching a ship at sea during a storm. |
| Contextual Notes | This chapbook series contained cautionary tales, adventure stories, alphabets, natural histories, moral lessons, cries, and reading lessons in poetry and prose. Each volume contained 15-50 pages bound with card wrappers bearing illustrations of no relevance to the books' contents, and were issued either colored or plain. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Work ethic -- Juvenile fiction
Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Christian life -- Juvenile fiction, Rich people -- Juvenile fiction; Poor -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Chapbooks
Moral instruction
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0242 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection. BV4571 W55 1807 |
| Object Type | Chapbook
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| Physical Description | 24 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 L.117 |
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