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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Idle School Boy |
| Date | c.1825-1828 |
| Record ID | 255387 |
| Collection Name | Chapbooks |
| Reference | CL-PamI183S3721825 |
| Theme | Education and Didactic Texts Morality, Manners and Consequences Poverty, Debt and Welfare |
| Library of Congress Subject | Children School children Conduct of life Slow learning children Beggars |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Publisher | Mahlon Day |
| Places | New York |
| Document Type | Chapbook Pamphlet |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1825 Chapbooks--1825 Miniature books (Printing) |
| Size | 8 p. : ill. ; 80 mm |
| Page Numbers | 8 p. : |
| Catalog Notes | "This book is for idle children ... It is copied from the Juvenile Miscellany, an execllent work, for youth, printed in Boston. ... There is another little penny book, to be had of M. Day, New-York ... that tells of the 'way to get a lesson.' ... Ask for 'Industrious Harry, or The way to get a lesson.'"--Preface, p. [2-3]. Mahlon Day was located at 376 Pearl St., New York, from 1825 to 1833. The American Antiquarian Society copy bears an owner's inscription dated 1828. |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
| Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |
| Catalog Record Note | Catalog Records (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |