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Author: | Anon. |
Title: | The History of Little Jane |
Cat. Number: | 0127 |
Date: | No date (but c.1845?) |
1st Edition: | |
Pub. Place: | Unknown |
Publisher: | Bishop and Co., 101, Hounsditch, London |
Price: | Unknown |
Pages: | 1 vol., 7pp. |
Size: | 13 x 9 cm |
Illustrations: | Title-page vignette plus seven further wood-cuts |
Note: |
Images of all pages of this book
This very short booklet admonishes its heroine to look after her pets. She keeps birds, silk-worms, rabbits and a squirrel, but, playing with her doll and rocking-horse, she forgets to clean their cages and provide them with food and water. Her aunt reprimands her and Jane vows never to be so remiss again. The volume closes with a curious, and entirely unapropos song sung by a wandering Bavarian, urging the auditor to buy a broom.
Simply judging by appearances, a date of c.1840 or even 1850 seems most likely for the book.