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| Title | The spoiled child: a genuine narrative of facts (cover) |
| Author | Brownlee, W.C. (William Craig), 1784-1860 |
| Publisher | American Tract Society
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| Publisher Location | United States--New York--New York |
| Publication Date | 1844-1846? |
| Printer | Fanshaw, Daniel, 1788?-1860
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| Illustrator | Unknown
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| Image Production Process | Relief prints--woodcuts
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| Notes | Chapbook with an uncolored woodcut cover illustration.
In this story, the spoiled child disgraces his parents, grows up to be a drunkard and a wastrel, and dies a miserable death after torturing his wife and several children.
Cover illustration depicts a child throwing a tantrum while his parents watch in disgrace. |
| Contextual Notes | The American Tract Society was founded in New York in 1825 to publish evangelistic Christian literature.
The woodcut vignette on the cover typifies the new style of engraving adopted by the American Tract Society in 1844. A second vignette done in an earlier style appears on the title page.
Daniel Fanshaw left the American Tract Society in 1846.
This title was listed as a "new tract" in the American Tract Magazine (Mar. 1834). It replaced "On the instruction of the rising generation" as tract number 28. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Christian life--Fiction; Discipline of children; Christian education of children; Temperance |
| Category | Chapbooks
Bibles and religious works
Moral instruction
Cautionary tales
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0580 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection HQ770.4.B76 1844 |
| Object Type | Chapbook
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| Physical Description | 24 p.; 18 x 11 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 19.7 |
