The carpenter, or, The danger of evil company ;
The gin-shop, or, A peep into a prison ; The riot, or, Half a loaf is better than no bread : in a dialogue between Jack Anvil and Tom Hod ; Patient Joe, or, The Newcastle collier. The execution of Wild Robert : being a warning to all parents. A new Christmas carol, called The Merry Chirstmas [sic] and Happy New Year.

Description

Main Author

More, Hannah, 1745-1833.

Related Names

More, Hannah, 1745-1833.
More, Hannah, 1745-1833.
More, Hannah, 1745-1833.
Hazard, Samuel, d. 1806.
White, R.
Marshall, John, printer.

Language(s)

English

Published

[London : J. Marshall : 1795]

Edition

[Collected ed.].

Subjects

Chapbooks > Chapbooks / Specimens.
Ballads, English > Ballads, English / Texts > Ballads, English / Texts / Early works to 1800.
Christian life > Christian life / Poetry > Christian life / Poetry / Early works to 1800.
Conduct of life > Conduct of life / Poetry > Conduct of life / Poetry / Early works to 1800.
Chapbooks > Chapbooks / England > Chapbooks / England / London > Chapbooks / England / London / 18th century

Note

Includes 5 woodcuts.
First sentence: "There was a young West-country man, A carpenter by trade, A skilful wheelwright too was he, And few such Waggons made."
Woodcuts differ from those of original broadsides.
First five works have own title page with woodcut vignette.
At head of title: Cheap Repository.
No imprint. Imprint suggested by Spinney, cited below.
Six tracts originally printed separately as broadsides, Mar.-Dec. 1795 and reprinted in 1795 as a 24-page collection of 6 ballads; cf. Spinney, cited below.
First four works signed: Z [i.e. Hannah More].
Title from cover.
In verse.

Physical Description

24 p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 16 x 9 cm.

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