| Series |
Early American imprints. Second series no. 456. ^A575643
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| Contents |
The fall of Adam, &c. -- Noah's flood -- The story of Joseph and his brethren -- The explanation of the Ten commandments -- A new Christmas tract; on the right way of rejoicing at Christmas. Shewing the reasons we have for joy at the event of our Saviour's birth -- A Christmas hymn [Joy to the world] -- The conversion of St. Paul the Apostle -- The Judgment Day -- The two wealthy farmers, or The history of Mr. Bragwell and Mr. Worthy -- The pilgrims. An allegory -- The black prince -- Parley the porter. An allegory -- The history of Mary wood, the housemaid. Or, The danger of false excuses -- The history of Diligent Dick; or, Truth will ou though it be hid in a well. |
| General note | A collection of Sunday school tracts; some are signed, "Z." (i.e., Hannah More). Originally published in England in the series Cheap repository tracts. The society referred to on the title page is the Religious Tract Society (Great Britain). Cf. A.S.W. Rosenbach, Early American children's books (1966), entries 235 and 258. |
| General note | Last page blank. |
| References |
Shaw & Shoemaker 456 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 456). |
| Genre/form | Juvenile literature 1801. |
| Genre/form | Allegories. |
| Other title | Cheap repository tracts. |
