Details

Subject(s)

• Children's stories—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Girls—Juvenile fiction—Early works to 1800 [Browse]

Publisher

Carnan, Thomas, -1788 [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Fiction [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Dutch gilt paper bindings [Browse]
• Publishers' advertisements [Browse]

Summary note

Fiction, presented as a series of nine evening talks by young ladies at a boarding school near London, each on a "moral or entertaining subject"; the girls' emblematic names include Deborah Grace and Dolly Goodchild.

Notes

• "Price sixpence"--At foot of t.p.
• Publisher's advertisement on last [2] p., listing 7 numbered titles: "Books for the Instruction and Amusement of Children, printed for T. Carnan..."
• Credited to Richard Johnson by Roscoe, based on an entry in Johnson's day book.
• 2nd of 5 eds. noted by Roscoe.
• Illustrations: 12 half-page woodcuts throughout the text.

Binding note

Pub. Dutch floral paper-covered bds.

References

• ESTC, N19232
• Roscoe, J222(2)

Other title(s)

Nine evenings entertainment

OCLC

177756300

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