Children -- Books and reading; Children's literature -- Bibliography; Children's literature -- History and criticism
1. The Babees Book, or a ‘Lytyl Reporte’ of How Young People Should
Behave (_circa_ 1475 A.D.); 2. The A B C of Aristotle (1430 A.D.);
3. The Book of Curteisie That is Clepid Stans Puer ad Mensam (1430
A.D.); 4. The boke of Nurture, or Schoole of good maners: For Men,
Servants, and children (1577); 5. The Schoole of Vertue, and booke
of good Nourture for chyldren and youth to learne theyr dutie by
(1557).
_Vide_ Vol. iv, Percy Society, London, 1841: 1. The Boke of
Curtasye, ed. J. O. Halliwell. 2. Specimens of Old Christmas
Carols, ed. T. Wright. 3. The Nursery Rhymes of England, ed. J. O.
Halliwell, 1842: _a._ Historical; _b._ Tales; _c._ Jingles; _d._
Riddles; _e._ Proverbs; _f._ Lullabies; _g._ Charms; _h._ Games;
_i._ Literal; _j._ Paradoxes; _k._ Scholastic; _l._ Customs; _m._
Songs; _n._ Fragments.
_Vide_ Vol. xxix, Percy Society, London, 1849. Notices of Fugitive
Tracts and Chap-books printed at Aldermary Churchyard, Bow
Churchyard, etc., ed. J. O. Halliwell.
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ASHTON, JOHN--Chap-books of the 18th Century.
ASHTON, JOHN--Social Life in the Time of Queen Anne.
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CHAMBERS, W.--Historical Sketch of Popular Literature and Its Influence
on Society, 1863.
CUNNINGHAM, R. H.--Amusing Prose Chap-books. Glasgow, 1889.
FAXON, FREDERICK WINTHROP--A Bibliography of the Modern Chap-books and
their Imitators (Bulletin of Bibl. Pamphl. No. 11), Boston Book
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FRASER, JOHN--Scottish Chap-books. (2 pts.) New York, Hinton, 1873.
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Chap-books. London, 1900.
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Popular Histories in the Possession of Halliwell. London, 1849.
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NISARD, MARIE LÉONARD CHARLES--Histoire des Livres Populaires ou de
la Littérature du Colportage, depuis l’origine de l’imprimerie
jusqu’ à l’établissement de la Commission d’examen des livres du
Colportage (30 Nov., 1852) [2 vols.]. Paris, Dentu, 1864.
PEARSON, EDWIN--Banbury Chap-books and Nursery Toy Book Literature of
the 18th and Early 19th Centuries. London, 1890.
PYLE, HOWARD--Chap-book Heroes. _Harper’s Monthly Magazine_, 81:123
(1890).
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