The tragical history of the children in the wood
Subtitle: Containing a true account of their unhappy fate; with the history of their parents, and their unnatural uncle. : interspersed with instructive morals. : Embellished with twenty-eight engravings
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 7381
Publisher: Printed and sold by Manning & Loring, no. 2, Cornhill.
Published: 1804
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 92
Subjects: Children's stories; Children's poetry; Brothers and sisters; Juvenile literature; Orphans; Uncles; Infanticide
Other titles: History of the children in the wood.
Work titles: Children in the wood (Ballad)
Notes: Contains a prose version of the Children in the wood, p. [5]-78. Followed by "The children in the wood. A favourite ballad," p. [79]-92. The prose version is an adaptation of the ballad.

Caption title: The children in the wood.

Running title: The history of the children in the wood.

Pages [1] and [94] blank.

"Watt's Divine songs for children. Just published and sold at no. 2, Cornhill ... January, 1804."--advertisement, p. [93].

Shaw & Shoemaker 7381

Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 179.3

Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.