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 InfoPhiladelphia : Published by Thomas & William Bradford, no. 8, South Front Street, 1811.
Description159 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 11 cm
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 23360. ^A575643
General noteWithout 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 formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic 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/formJuvenile literature 1811.
Genre/formHymns.
Genre/formPoems 1811.

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