All the world's on stilts

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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.

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4 p. : ill.; 10.6cm (4 3/16"). No bindings, as issued.

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Creator: Unknown. 1827/1853.

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  • American Sunday School Union.
    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

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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.

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4 p. : ill.; 10.6cm (4 3/16"). No bindings, as issued.

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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.

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  • 1827/1853

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  • 1827 - 1853

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All the world's on stilts, book, 1827/1853; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2114/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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