Industry and idleness, a pleasing and instructive tale, for good little girls, in words not exceeding two syllables.

ID 17365
Title Industry and idleness, a pleasing and instructive tale, for good little girls, in words not exceeding two syllables.
Contributors
Signed Author [Anonymous]
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Firms
Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination 47
Date of Publication 1816
Edition Statement
Edition Number 1
Date of First Publication 1816
Imprint Published by Benjamin Warner, no. 147, Market Street
Colophon
Copyright Statement
Location of Printing Philadelphia US
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Length (cm) 17
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Total Price (in pence)
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Notes From AAS: By Mary Elliott.
Cover imprint has date: 1817.
Ascribed by Nipps to the press of Lydia R. Bailey.
Last page blank.
"The following little books are just published, and for sale, by Benjamin Warner ..."--back cover.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
Moon, M. Children's books of Mary (Belson) Elliott,
Nipps, K. Lydia Bailey,
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American Antiquarian Society has reader's drawings. Inscribed: Mary Rea.
Hand-Verified No
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Elliott, Mary Belson. Industry and idleness, a pleasing and instructive tale, for good little girls, in words not exceeding two syllables.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 17365, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/17365. Accessed 2025-11-07. 

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  author={Elliott,Mary Belson},
  year={1816},
  title={Industry and idleness, a pleasing and instructive tale, for good little girls, in words not exceeding two syllables.},
  publisher={Benjamin Warner [Market Street] \& },
  address={Philadelphia},    }

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