The Children's miscellany: in which is included The history of little Jack; by Thomas Day, Esq. Author of The history of Sandford and Merton. : [Four lines from Dryden]

Abstract

Pages [1]-91 are typographically identical with: Day, Thomas. The history of little Jack. Boston : William Spotswood, 1795 (Evans 28539). Frontispiece engraved by Edward C. Trenchard. Additional frontispiece at p. [278] engraved by J.G. Weston. Error in paging: p. 79 misnumbered 97. Bookseller's advertisement, p. [332]. The history of little Jack -- The little queen -- The natural history of the bee -- Of the silkworm -- Epistle to a friend, on his return from the army -- The universal prayer [by Alexander Pope] -- The history of Philip Quarll [by Peter Longueville] -- A sketch of universal history - On Thomas Day Esq. -- Gray's elegy. Written in a church-yard -- The epitaph -- The elephant -- The lion -- Of the two-horned rhinoceros -- Of the humming-bird -- The nightingale -- The red-breast -- The three brothers -- The three sisters -- The contrast -- The diverting history of John Gilpin [by William Cowper] -- Fatal effects of delay -- The nosegay -- Courage inspired by friendship -- The duel; or the history of Emmeline and Jenny.