The canary bird
Subtitle: A moral story, interspersed with poetry
By: By the author of The sparrow, Keeper's travels, The crested wren, &c. ; [One line of quotation]
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 747
Publisher: Printed for Benjamin Johnson, no. 31 High-Street, and Jacob Johnson, no. 147. High-Street.
Published: 1801
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
Subjects: Children's poetry; Birds; Juvenile fiction; Canaries; Pets
Notes: "The subject of this volume is the escape of a canary-bird from his cage:--the design--to present to young readers a little miscellany of natural history, moral precept, sentiment and narrative."--Advertisement, p. [3].

By Edward Augustus Kendall.

Error in paging: page 52 misnumbered 2.

Metal-engraved frontispiece signed: Tanner [i.e., Benjamin Tanner?] sc.

Shaw & Shoemaker 747

Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 722.1

Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 270

Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.