• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: The History of two horses, and other fables, in verse : with moral reflections. ; Principally calculated to inspire the minds of youth with filial affection, and a tenderness towards the dumb creation
  • Contributor: Charles, William [StecherIn]
  • imprint: Philadelphia: Published and sold wholesale by Wm. Charles, and may be had of all the booksellers. 1811. Wm. M'Culloch, printer, 1811
  • Published in: Early American Imprints. Series II : Shaw/Shoemaker 1801-1819
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text); ill; 14 cm
  • Language: English
  • Keywords: Animal welfare Juvenile poetry ; Birds Juvenile poetry ; Cats Juvenile poetry ; Children's poetry ; Conduct of life Juvenile poetry ; Horses Juvenile poetry ; Mothers Juvenile poetry
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  • Footnote: "Filial affection."--p. 32-34
    "Of Wm. Charles, may also be had, just published ..."--advertisement, back cover
    "The gray cat."--p. 29-31
    "The old horse's address to his master, on being ordered to be shot."--p. 26-28
    Caption title: Tales, &c
    Frontispiece presumably engraved by William Charles. Cf. Weiss, Harry B. William Charles, early caricaturist, engraver and publisher of children's books, New York, 1932, p. 8
    Shaw & Shoemaker, 23018
    Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 596