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The spoiled child: a genuine narrative of facts (inside front cover and p. 1)
The spoiled child: a genuine narrative of facts (inside front cover and p. 1)
TitleThe spoiled child: a genuine narrative of facts (inside front cover and p. 1)
AuthorBrownlee, W.C. (William Craig), 1784-1860
PublisherAmerican Tract Society
Publisher LocationUnited States--New York--New York
Publication Date1844-46?
PrinterFanshaw, Daniel, 1788?-1860
IllustratorUnknown
Image Production ProcessRelief prints--woodcuts
NotesChapbook with an uncolored woodcut cover illustration.
The inside flap tells the short story of a "Drunkard and his Five Sons". The first page depicts the illustration accompanying the story of "The Spoiled Child".
Contextual NotesThe 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
CategoryChapbooks
Bibles and religious works
Moral instruction
Cautionary tales
LanguageEnglish
Digital CollectionChildren's Historical Literature Collection
Digital ID NumberCHL0594
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionChildren's Historical Literature Collection HQ770.4.B76 1844
Object TypeChapbook
Physical Description24 p.; 18 x 11 cm.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned 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 ChecklistExhibit checklist 19.7
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