Curious and interesting chapbooks
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| Subjects: | Chapbooks--Juvenile literature Chapbooks, Scottish Fairy tales Dwarfs--Juvenile fiction Love--Juvenile literature Values--Juvenile literature Monsters--Juvenile fiction Cats--Juvenile fiction Thieves--Juvenile fiction Mice--Juvenile fiction Kings and rulers--Juvenile literature Kings and rulers--Juvenile fiction Queens--Juvenile literature Paramours--Juvenile literature Pirates--Juvenile fiction Heroes--Juvenile literature Bears--Juvenile fiction Catechisms--Juvenile literature Giants--Juvenile fiction Herod Antipas, Tetrarch of Galilee--Juvenile literature |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Juvenile |
| Published: | Glasgow : Printed for the booksellers, [188-?] |
| LC Classification: | P, PN |
| Notes: | Cover title Each story is 24 pages long Binding: Bound in dark green cloth; label with title pasted to spine; end papers are pale yellow Contents: Storys of Prince Lupin, yellow dwarf, and the three wishes -- The history of beauty and the beast -- Storys of the young robber and puss in boots -- The story of the little white mouse or The overthrow of the tyrant king -- The history of Thomas Hickathrift -- Ali Baba or The forty thieves, an interesting tale -- The history of Jack and the bean-stalk -- Michael Scott -- History of fair Rosamond, otherwise Eleanor Clifford; and her royal paramour, Henry the second king of England With an affecting account of her melancholy and horrible death, at the hands of the injured Queen Eleanor in the bower of Woodstock -- History of Jack the giant killer containing: his birth and parentage - his meeting with the king's son - his noble conquests over many monstrous giants - and his relieving a beautiful lady, whom he afterwards married -- The story of Blue Beard, or, the effect of female curiosity to which is added The murder hole, an ancient legend -- History of the life and death of the great warrior Robert Bruce, King of Scotland -- A new historical catechism; containing answers to questions in ancient history relative to: the light of the heathen world - the miracles that happened at our Saviour's birth - the usurpation, and miserable death of Herod - the death of Pontius Pilate -- History of Sir William Wallace, the renowned Scottish champion -- The sleeping beauty of the wood; an entertaining tale, to which is added Paddy and the bear, a true story -- History of the kings and queens of England: from the reign of William the Conqueror to Victoria the First, Part I |
| Physical Description: | 1 v. (various paging) : ill., ports. ; 18 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 656890949 |