The new Tom Thumb : with an account of his wonderful exploits
- Title
- The new Tom Thumb : with an account of his wonderful exploits / as related by Margery Meanwell ; Illustrated with descriptive engravings.
- Published by
- London : Printed for J. Harris, 1815.
- Author
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Details
- Additional authors
- Description
- 70 p. : ill.; 14 cm.
- Uniform title
- Tom Thumb.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Juvenile literature – England – London – 1815.
- Call number
- *KH 1815 Meanwell 11-67
- Note
- "When I wrote the Academy of youth, I promised that I would write a little book for children, and the life of the New Tom Thumb is the result of my promise."--Preface, p. [3]. In the first ed. of John Harris's books for youth, Marjorie Moon attributes the authorship to William Mackenzie. In the revised 1992 ed., Moon says that this attribution is incorrect and the author is unknown.
- The stories are narrated by a fictitious old woman named Margery Meanwell.
- Cover imprint reads 1814.
- Bookseller's catalog, [2] p. at end.
- Indexed in (note)
- Osborne catalogue
- Moon, M. John Harris's books for youth
- Binding (note)
- Bound in half brown leather and tan cloth boards.
- Author
- Meanwell, Margery.
- Title
- The new Tom Thumb : with an account of his wonderful exploits / as related by Margery Meanwell ; Illustrated with descriptive engravings.
- Imprint
- London : Printed for J. Harris, 1815. (H. Bryer)
- Indexed in:
- Osborne catalogue, II:912
- Moon, M. John Harris's books for youth, 513(1)
- Binding
- Bound in half brown leather and tan cloth boards. NN
- Connect to:
- Added author
- Harris, J. (John), -1856. Bookseller
- Bryer, Henry. Printer
- Mackenzie, William, 1772-1852.
- Children's Room Collection.
- Added title
- Tom Thumb.
- Research call number
- *KH 1815 Meanwell 11-67