All the world's on stilts

Description:

Moralizing story, where the narrator, after seeing a "lubberly boy" on stilts, reflects on people that set themselves above others and make spectacles of themselves.
Creator(s): Unknown
Creation Date: 1827 - 1853  
Partner(s):
UNT Libraries Rare Book and Texana Collections
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Collection(s):
Weaver Collection of Children's Books
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All the world's on stilts
Publisher Info:
Publisher Info: The American Sunday School Union (ASSU) was founded in 1824 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It's purpose was promoting Sunday schools and their goals of educating children. The ASSU published vast numbers of items, and distributed countless books and periodicals through its Sunday schools and by selling them to others. It played an important role in shaping not only 19th century children's literature in America, but also the moral character of several generations.
Place of Publication: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Original Creation Date: 1827 - 1853  
Coverage:
From 1827 to 1853
Description:

Moralizing story, where the narrator, after seeing a "lubberly boy" on stilts, reflects on people that set themselves above others and make spectacles of themselves.
Note:

Example of a Sunday school "prize." The simple 4-page booklet with woodcut illustration would be awarded as a prize for attendence or a correct answer or winning a contest. As stories are collected, they could be bound into a book. Bound compilations were also available. Presented to the Weaver Collection of Juvenile Materials in honor of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Rare Book & Texana Collections, October 2006.
Physical Description:

4 p. : ill.; 10.6cm (4 3/16"). No bindings, as issued.
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Partner:
UNT Libraries Rare Book and Texana Collections
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Collection:
Weaver Collection of Children's Books
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Identifier:
  • UNTCAT: b3094315 |
  • CALL-NO: PS1039 .A31 A45 1827z
  • OCLC: 73238706 |
  • ARK: ark:/67531/metadc2114
Resource Type: Book
Format: Text
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Access: Public