Short conversations; or, An easy road to the temple of fame; which all may reach who endeavour to be good.

ID 18123
Title Short conversations; or, An easy road to the temple of fame; which all may reach who endeavour to be good.
Contributors
Signed Author Anonymous
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Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination 70
Date of Publication 1815
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Imprint Printed and sold by Samuel Hall, no. 53, Cornhill.
Colophon
Copyright Statement
Location of Printing Boston US
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Length (cm) 10
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Notes Reissue of the 1802 edition (Shaw 3067).
AAS Notes:
Text in the form of dialogues between children and their parents.
Attributed by Welch to Dorothy Kilner
Cover imprint varies: Boston: Sold at Lincoln & Edmands' bookstore, no. 53 Cornhill--1815.
A reissue of the 1802 edition (Shaw 3067; Welch 732.2).
Pages [1] and [72] blank; pasted to printed wrapper.
"Lincoln & Edmands, at their Theological & Miscellaneous Bookstore ... keep for sale a great variety of juvenile books, for the entertainment & improvement of youth."--advertisement, back cover.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
Catalogued
American Antiquarian Society copy is part of the Helen & Benjamin Tighe Collection of American Children's Books. The collection is the gift to AAS of Elisabeth Ball, 1969.
Hand-Verified No
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Attempted Verification Yes

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Kilner, Dorothy. Short conversations; or, An easy road to the temple of fame; which all may reach who endeavour to be good.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 18123, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/18123. Accessed 2025-11-05. 

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