Title: The Child's magazine :
Authors: Parnell, Thomas,; Goldsmith, Oliver,; Colles, Christopher,; More, Hannah,; More, Hannah,
Date: 1982
Publisher: Printed and sold by Samuel Wood, at the Juvenile Book-Store, no. 357, Pearl-Street.,
Physical description: 2 v. : ill. ; 14 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: A
Contents: v. 1. The cries of New-York -- Poetic tales for children [by Nancy Sproat] -- Garden amusements -- The history of Alexander Selkirk -- Select fables in prose and verse -- The olio -- v. 2. The hermit [by Thomas Parnell] and The traveller [by Oliver Goldsmith] -- The life of that wonderful and extraordinarily heavy man, Daniel Lambert -- An account of the astonishing beauties and operations of nature in the minute creation, displayed by the solar microscope by Christopher Colles -- The youth's cabinet of nature for the year -- The pilgrims and Parley the porter: two allegories [by Hannah More] -- The wonderful advantages of adventuring in the lottery.
Notes: Includes nonfiction, stories, poems, and allegories. Each work has separate title page and pagination. Some works include booksellers' advertisements for Wood.
Subject headings (LCSH): Children's literature, American.; Children's literature, English.; Children's poetry; Children's stories; Hermits--Juvenile poetry.; Household employees--Juvenile fiction.; Lambert, Daniel, 1770-1809.; Lotteries--Juvenile fiction.; Manners and customs; Microscopes; Months; Natural history; Older men--Juvenile fiction.; Overweight persons--Biography.; Seasons