Title: Original tales :
Authors: Fitz, Daniel,
Date: 1975
Publisher: Published by Charles Callender, no. 11, Marlboro' Street.,
Physical description: 107, [1] p. ; 15 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: A
Contents: The good father. A moral tale -- The little astronomer -- George. A moral tale -- The spoiled child. A moral tale -- The juvenile geographers.
Notes: The American Antiquarian Society copy bears a contemporary inscription attributing the text to Daniel Fitz. "The present restrictions of commerce between the United States and Great Britain having prevented a supply of those juvenile books, whence they have been generally received, and which have been reprinted as New-Year's gifts, has induced the publisher to lay before the publick this little volume."--Advertisement to the first edition, p. [4]. Dated: Boston, Jan. 1, 1813. "The popular opinion has been kindly testified by the rapid sale of this little work. In less than twelve months upwards of one thousand copies have been disposed of; and the increasing demand ... has warranted a second edition."--Advertisement to the second edition, p. [5]. Dated: Boston, Jan. 1, 1814. Copyright Dec. 23, 1812 by Charles Callender. "Watson & Bangs, printers. No. 7, State-Street, Boston."--verso of title page. Repeated as colophon, p. 107. Last page blank.
Subject headings (LCSH): Astronomy--Juvenile fiction.; Boys--Juvenile fiction.; Children's stories; Children--Conduct of life.; Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.; Fathers and sons--Juvenile fiction; Geography--Juvenile fiction.; London (England)--Juvenile fiction.