The wish, or, Little Charles
By: revised by the Committee of Publication of the American Sunday-School Union
Contributors: Sherwood, Mary Martha, 1775-1851; American Sunday-School Union. Committee of Publication
Series: IV series (American Sunday School Union) -- no. 407; Women's Studies Archive: Rare Titles from the American Antiquarian Society, 1820-1922
Publisher: American Sunday-School Union, 146 Chestnut Street
Published: 1848
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 15
Subjects: Sunday school literature; Juvenile fiction; Children's stories, American; Christian literature for children; Children; Conduct of life; Chapbooks; Specimens
Other titles: Wish; Little Charles
Notes: The American Sunday School Union operated at 146 Chestnut Street from 1827 to 1853, while the depositories named in its advertisement on page 4 of wrapper, located in New York, Boston, and Louisville, operated from 1846 to 1856, 1848 to 1859, and 1846 to 1853 respectively, Cf. AAS 19th century American children's book trade directory.

In original publisher's beige printed wrapper.

Revised version of Mrs. Sherwood's The wishing-cap, set in Philadelphia instead of London, and with ending changed so that Charles does not contract a fatal illness.