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Note 20 — II. THE RISE OF CHILDREN’S BOOKS

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The notice ran as follows: “Advertisement: There is now in the Press, and will suddenly be extant, a Second Impression of The New England Primer, enlarged, to which is added, more Directions for Spelling; the Prayer of K. Edward the 6th, and Verses made by Mr. Rogers, the Martyr, left as a Legacy to his Children. Sold by Benjamin Harris, at the London Coffee-House in Boston.”

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