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The interesting and affecting history of Prince Lee Boo: a native of the Pelew Islands, brought to England by Capt. Wilson; to which is prefixed, a short account of those islands, with a sketch of the manners and customs of the inhabitants (cover)
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| Title | The interesting and affecting history of Prince Lee Boo: a native of the Pelew Islands, brought to England by Capt. Wilson; to which is prefixed, a short account of those islands, with a sketch of the manners and customs of the inhabitants (cover) |
| Author | Unknown |
| Publisher | Newbery, E.
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| Publisher Location | England--London |
| Publication Date | 1789 |
| Printer | Unknown
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| Illustrator | Unknown
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| Image Production Process | Relief prints--woodcuts
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| Notes | Illustrated with an uncolored woodcut frontispiece.
This, the probable first edition, has the portrait of Prince Lee Boo cut out and remounted on the verso of the endpaper.
Prince Lee Boo was the Palau Islander brought back to England by Captain Wilson, after the wreck of the "Antelope" and who died in England in 1784 from smallpox.
Written in the advertisement: The compiler of the following sheets, on perusing Mr. Keate's account of Captain Wilson's shipwreck near the Pelew Islands was so struck with the character of the young prince, an inhabitant of one of those islands who accompanied Captain Wilson to England, that he felt impelled by an irresistable desire to give a sketch of his character tio the young people of this country.... The original intention of the compiler was to have given merely a unique history of this remarkable youth; but, in arranging the materials, he found it indispensable (in order to introduce him to the acquaintance of his young friends) to give a slight view of Captain Wilson's unfortunate shipwreck, his residence on the island, his acquaintance with the natives during his day, & to show what means Lee Boo became visitor to this country. On the whole if in this little abstract he has contributed to the amusment (and, what with him has much more weight, to the instruction and edification of the juvenile world), he will think the few hours of his time that it has taken up have not been employed in vain. |
| Contextual Notes | An enormously popular tale in print by Newbery and then John Harris through the mid-19th century. An 1844 review described Lee Boo as "a beautiful character to live in the hearts of all children." |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Princes--Palau--Biography--Juvenile literature; Lee Boo, d. 1784; Palau--Description and travel--Juvenile literature; London (England)--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature |
| Category | History
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0895 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection. DU780 I58 1789 |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | i, 178, [6] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., port. ; 14 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.57 |
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