No. X. CHEAP REPOSITORY TRACTS; ENTERTAINING, MORAL, AND RELIGIOUS. CONSISTING OF A GREAT VARIETY OF SEPARATE PERFORMANCES, WRITTEN IN A NEAT, YET SIMPLE STYLE, AND EMINENTLY CALCULATED FOR THE AMUSEMENT AND INSTRUCTION OF THE YOUTH OF BOTH SEXES
1803 · Boston
by [More, Hannah]
Boston, 1803. [65]-124pp. Original printed wrappers. Spine perished, wrappers worn, chipped, and soiled. Minor foxing, noticeable edge-toning to the text. Good. The first Boston edition, from the second English edition, of the third volume from this series of writings on moral and religious subjects. This series was devised by English author and philanthropist Hannah More in order to deliver cheap moral lessons to the masses. The current volume consists of x chapters, titled, "The Grand Assizes; or, General Jail delivery," "The Lancashire Collier Girl," "A True Example of the Interposition of Providence, in the Discovery and Punishment of Murder," "The Plough-Boy's Dream," "A New Christmas Tract; or, the Right Way of Rejoicing at Christmas," "The Life of William Baker," "The Honest Miller of Glocestershire, A True Ballad," and "The Roguish Miller; or, Nothing Got by Cheating, A True Ballad." SHAW & SHOEMAKER 4678 (third volume). (Inventory #: WRCAM54072)