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1st Edition

Songs and Tales for Children: A Collection of Chapbooks in 19th-Century Britain

Edited By Okiko Miyake

2700 Pages

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Description

This collection is a reprint of forty-three titles bound in one volume. The chapbook was a popular publication in Britain, sold cheaply, at a penny or so. As publishing became a prosperous business at the end of the eighteenth century, adult readers took to new media like magazines or newspapers and the chapbook decreased in popularity. However, the chapbook for children became popular and... Read more

Table of Contents

KENDREW

1. Cinderella

2. The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard, Part I

3. The History of Little Tom Tucker

4. Jacky Dandy’s Delight

5. The Life and Death of Jenny Wren

6. The Little Maid and the Gentleman

7. The Mother’s Gift

8. A Collection of Birds and Riddles

9. A Visit to the Tower

10. The Waggon Load of Money

11. The Entertaining Story of Little Red Riding Hood

12. The Cries of London

13. The World Turned Upside Down

14. The History of Giles Gingerbread

15. The History of Tommy and Harry

16. The History of Whittington and his Cat

17. Thom Thumb’s Folio

18. The Silver Penny

19. Mrs. Lovechild’s Golden Present

20. Adventures of the Beautiful Little Maid Cinderella

RUSHER

21. Jack the Giant Killer

22. The Children in the Woods

23. Death an Burial of Cock Robin

24. Jack and Jill and Old Dame Gill

25. Nursery Poems from the Ancient and Modern Poets

26. Nursery Rhymes from the Royal Collections

27. Poetic Trifles, or Pretty Poems, for Young Folks

28. The Book of Beasts, for Young Persons

29. The Interesting Story of Cinderella

30. The Renowned History of Dame Trot and her Cat

31. The Life of Jack Sprat

32. The Cries of Banbury

33. London Jingles and Country Tales for Young People

34. Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

35. The Children in the Wood (Restored)

36. The House that Jack Build

37. Dr. Watts’ Divine Songs, for Children

38. The Good Farmer

39. Anecdotes for Good Children

40. Short Stories

OTHERS

41. The Butterfly’s Ball

42. Capitals of Europe

43. The Adventures of Captain Gulliver

Editor(s)

Biography

Okiko Miyake

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