Tales of the cottage, or, Stories, moral and amusing, for young persons : written on the plan of that celebrated work Les veillees (sic) du chateau (sic), by Madam Genlis, by Mrs. Pilkington

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The instance Tales of the cottage, or, Stories, moral and amusing, for young persons : written on the plan of that celebrated work Les veillees (sic) du chateau (sic), by Madam Genlis, by Mrs. Pilkington represents a material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in UCLA Library.

Label

Tales of the cottage, or, Stories, moral and amusing, for young persons : written on the plan of that celebrated work Les veillees (sic) du chateau (sic), by Madam Genlis, by Mrs. Pilkington

Title remainder

written on the plan of that celebrated work Les veillees (sic) du chateau (sic), by Madam Genlis

Statement of responsibility

by Mrs. Pilkington

Instantiates

• Tales of the cottage, or, Stories, moral and amusing, for young persons : written on the plan of that celebrated work Les veillees (sic) du chateau (sic), by Madam Genlis

Publication

• London, Printed by J. Bonfor, Salisbury Square, for Vernor and Hood, in the Poultry, and sold by E. Newbery, Corner of St. Paul's Church Yard, 1800

Note

• UCLA copy imperfect; frontispiece wanting.
• Half-title
• Publisher's booklist: [2] p. at end
• Cf. Darton, H. English children's books (1982), p. 165

Contents

The cottage -- The little chimney sweeper -- The sick soldier, or, The dutiful son -- Fraternal hatred -- The fortunate beggar, or, Inhumanity reproved -- Sally Crawford, or, The reward of benevolence -- The little Negro boy, or, Cruelty to dependents -- The amiable mother-in-law -- George Belmont, or, Cruelty personified -- The orphans protected, or, The duty of relying upon providence -- False indulgence, or, Lost time recovered by close attention -- The chastisement of vice, or, The school-boy reclaimed

Dimensions

14 cm.

Extent

viii, 218, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates

Note

• Quarter green vellum and marbled paper over boards. In case.
• Inscriptions in ink on upper free endpaper: Francis Bishop, Sept. 11, 1802 (struck out). E. G. Rouse, November 27th 1836.
• Ex libris Olive Percival; her lamb bookplate on upper paste-down.

Other physical details

ill. (copper-engraving)

Record ID

2751944

System control number

• (OCoLC)32047506
• ucoclc32047506