Juvenile Anecdotes, founded on facts. Collected for the amusement of children. By Priscilla Wakefield, author of Mental improvement, Leisure hours, &c.

ID 20340
Title Juvenile Anecdotes, founded on facts. Collected for the amusement of children. By Priscilla Wakefield, author of Mental improvement, Leisure hours, &c.
Contributors
Signed Author By Priscilla Wakefield, author of Mental improvement, Leisure hours, &c.
Pseudonym
Firms
Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination vi, 171
Date of Publication 1809
Edition Statement
Edition Number
Date of First Publication 1798
Imprint Published by Johnson & Warner.
Colophon
Copyright Statement
Location of Printing Philadelphia US
Format
Length (cm) 15
Width (cm)
Price (pound)
Price (shilling)
Price (pence)
Total Price (in pence)
Non-UK Price
Genre
Sources
Shelfmarks
Notes AAS Notes:
Includes "A new method of swimming" (p. 35-37), based upon the writing of Benjamin Franklin.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
Rosenbach, A.S.W. Early American children's books,
American Antiquarian Society copy the bequest of d'Alté A. Welch. Inscribed: Mary Tod's book, presented her by her Uncle Woodbridge; M. Woodbridge; Mary S. Tod.
Hand-Verified No
Verified Yes
Attempted Verification No

Cite this Page

Wakefield, Priscilla. Juvenile Anecdotes, founded on facts. Collected for the amusement of children. By Priscilla Wakefield, author of Mental improvement, Leisure hours, &c.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 20340, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/20340. Accessed 2025-05-13. 

@book{ wphp_20340
  author={Wakefield,Priscilla},
  year={1809},
  title={Juvenile Anecdotes, founded on facts. Collected for the amusement of children. By Priscilla Wakefield, author of Mental improvement, Leisure hours, &c.},
  publisher={Johnson & Warner},
  address={Philadelphia},    }

Suggestions and Comments for Juvenile Anecdotes, founded on facts. Collected for the amusement of children. By Priscilla Wakefield, author of Mental improvement, Leisure hours, &c.
Follow Up