Title: The history of Tommy Careless, or, The misfortunes of a week :
Authors: Johnson, R.; Newbery, E.
Date: 1788
Publisher: Printed E. Newbery, the Corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard,
Physical description: 31, [1] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 10 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: Z
Abstract: During a vacation, Tommy is visted by misfortune brought on by his carelessness: he falls from a window, startles a horse that kicks and kills a dog, and burns his finger with molten metal.
Notes: "[Price One Penny.]" Author attribution from: Weedon, M.J.P. Richard Johnson and the successors to John Newbery (The Library, 5th ser., v. 4, no. 1, June 1949, 25-63), no. 38. Approximate date from listing in The Menagerie, 1800; cf. Roscoe, cited below; this edition not listed in Weedon. Illustrations: front. and 7 half-page woodcuts in text.
Subject headings (LCSH): Accidents--Juvenile fiction.; Chapbooks, English.; Fiction.