The Children's hymn book : being a selection of hymns from various authors, including Watts' Divine songs for children, and Doddridge's Principles of the Christian religion. : Designed for the use & instruction of the rising generation. / Selected by Robert May, missionary. ; [Four lines from Watts].
| Other author | May, Robert, 1790-1818, compiler. |
| Other author | Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748. |
| Other author | Doddridge, Philip, 1702-1751 |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Published by Thomas & William Bradford, no. 8, South Front Street, 1811. |
| Description | 159 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 11 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. Second series no. 23360. ^A575643 |
| General note | Without music. "The design of this selection is to give children and young children of the United States, a pleasing and select variety of hymns in one small volume. ... I have ... included Dr. Watts' with a variety of others, and arranged them under different general heads after the manner of Dr. Rippon's hymn-book ..."--Preface, p. [3], signed: R. May. July, 1811. |
| General note | "T. & W. Bradford, printers."--colophon, p. [160]. |
| General note | "General index to the subjects."--p. [160]. |
| References | Shaw & Shoemaker 23360 |
| References | Shaw & Shoemaker 24385 |
| References | Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 828 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 23360). |
| Genre/form | Juvenile literature 1811. |
| Genre/form | Hymns. |
| Genre/form | Poems 1811. |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |