The Shipwreck, or, The desert island
Subtitle: a moral tale
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Publisher: James Kay, Jun. & Brother; C.H. Kay & Company
Published: 1839
Place of publication: Philadelphia; Pittsburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
Subjects: Young men; Juvenile fiction; Conduct of life; Shipwrecks; Seafaring life; Islands; Dogs; Voyages and travels; Adventure stories; Sick; Blind; Nature stories
Other titles: Shipwreck; Desert island
Notes: "With engravings, from original designs, by Johnson."

Includes seven full-page hand-colored illustrations: The Ariel, Blind Maria, Wreck of the long boat, The desert island vignette, The timely visit, The ship in sight, The unexpected return.

Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.