Publisher Info:
The American Sunday School Union (ASSU) was founded in 1824 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It's purpose was promoting Sunday schools and their goals of educating children. The ASSU published vast numbers of items, and distributed countless books and periodicals through its Sunday schools and by selling them to others. It played an important role in shaping not only 19th century children's literature in America, but also the moral character of several generations.
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Description
Moralizing tale of the fate of a man who starts out as a Sabath-breaker, and who ends up a murderer.
Physical Description
[4] p. (numbered 29-32) : illus.; 10.5 cm. (4 3/16"). No binding, as issued.
Notes
Example of a Sunday school "prize." The simple 4-page booklet with woodcut illustration would be awarded as a prize for attendence or a correct answer or winning a contest. As stories are collected, they could be bound into a book. Bound compilations were also available. Presented to the Weaver Collection of Juvenile Materials in honor of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Rare Book & Texana Collections, October 2006.
This book is part of the following collection of related materials.
Gustine Courson Weaver Collection
This collection contains the materials of Gustine Courson Weaver (1873-1942) and was originally part of the Historical Collection, and was given to UNT in the 1930s.