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An edition of Idleness and industry exemplified, in the history of James Preston and Lazy Lawrence (1803)

Idleness and industry exemplified, in the history of James Preston and Lazy Lawrence

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Idleness and industry exemplified, in the his...
Maria Edgeworth, Samuel Jackso...
Idleness and industry exemplified, in the history of James Preston and Lazy Lawrence by Maria Edgeworth, Samuel Jackson Pratt, Maria Edgeworth, Samuel Jackson Pratt
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Published by J. Johnson, no. 147, Market Street. 1803. (B. Graves, printer.)
Language
English
Pages
72

Subjects

Children's stories Conduct of life Juvenile fiction Laziness Work ethic Country life Child labor Theft Social classes Day Juvenile poetry Nature

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Solomon Islands
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Idleness and industry exemplified, in the history of James Preston and Lazy Lawrence
1803, Published by J. Johnson, no. 147, Market Street. 1803. (B. Graves, printer.)
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Edition Notes

By Maria Edgeworth. Also published in her Parent's assistant under title Lazy Lawrence.

Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.

"The basket maker. A Peruvian tale. From Pratt's Gleanings."--p. [57]-65. "The basket-maker" is sometimes attributed to Samuel Jackson Pratt. Welch considers the attribution to be erroneous.

Poems, p. [67]-72.

Shaw & Shoemaker 4129

Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 318.1

Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.

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Philadelphia
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Early American imprints -- no. 4129

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Pagination
72 p., [1] leaf of plates
Number of pages
72

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OL62051598M
OCLC/WorldCat
40023480

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OL45558993W

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