The cottage girl; or An account of Ann Edwards, a Sunday school scholar. By the author of The retrospect, Village observer, &c. &c

ID 16557
Title The cottage girl; or An account of Ann Edwards, a Sunday school scholar. By the author of The retrospect, Village observer, &c. &c
Contributors
Signed Author By the author of The retrospect, Village observer, &c. &c
Pseudonym
Firms
Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination vi, [1], 8-54
Date of Publication 1820
Edition Statement
Edition Number
Date of First Publication
Imprint Published by William Hyde. A. Shirley, printer
Colophon
Copyright Statement
Location of Printing Portland US
Format
Length (cm) 15
Width (cm)
Price (pound)
Price (shilling)
Price (pence)
Total Price (in pence)
Non-UK Price
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Sources
Shelfmarks
  • AAS 361028
Notes AAS notes: "Should this account be considered as worthy a place on the list of Sunday-school reward books for the senior girls of any village school, the writer will have attained his highest temporary aim concerning it ..."--Preface, p. [v]-vi, dated at Waterbeach, near Cambridge, March, 1818.
Attributed to Mary E. Bennett by Welch.
"Monody."--poem, p. 46-49.
"Obituary of Charles Petit, a boy who lately died at the Orphan Asylum, N. York."--p. [50]-54.
"Good books for children. William Hyde, no. 3, Mussey's Row, has just published, The cottage girl, 12 1-2 cents."--advertisement, back cover.
Shoemaker, R.H. Checklist of American imprints for 1820-1829,
Shoemaker, R.H. Checklist of American imprints for 1820-1829,
Skillin, G.B. Bibliography of Maine imprints 1785-1820,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
Catalogued
American Antiquarian Society copy A in tan wrapper. The bequest of d'Alté A. Welch.
American Antiquarian Society copy B in blue wrapper. Inscribed: 1874.
Hand-Verified No
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Attempted Verification Yes

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Bennett, Mary E.. The cottage girl; or An account of Ann Edwards, a Sunday school scholar. By the author of The retrospect, Village observer, &c. &cThe Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 16557, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/16557. Accessed 2025-10-26. 

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  year={1820},
  title={The cottage girl; or An account of Ann Edwards, a Sunday school scholar. By the author of The retrospect, Village observer, &c. &c},
  publisher={William Hyde \& },
  address={Portland},    }

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