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. 3176
Publisher: Printed and sold by Manning & Loring, no. 2, Cornhill.
Published: 1802
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 "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] are blank.

"Watt's divine songs for children. Just published, and sold at no. 2, Cornhill ... September, 1802."--advertisement, p. [93].

Shaw & Shoemaker 3176

Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 179.2

Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.