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The divine and moral songs of Isaac Watts

The British Editions

Reading edition

Divine | Songs | Attempted in Easy Lan- | guage for the Use of | Children. | By I. Watts. | Out of the Mouth of Babes and Sucklings thou hast perfected | Praise. Matt. XXI: 16. | London: | Printed for M. Lawrence at the Angel | in the Poultry. 1715. | pp. 72. 5⅞ × 3½; Full leather. Copy sold at Sotheby’s, London, July 1902, for £155. Now in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. Another copy was sold at Sotheby’s, March 1907, for £55.

Divine Songs, etc. 2nd edition. 1716. Only one copy known.

Divine Songs, etc. 3rd edition. Printed by R. Ford at the Angel in the Poultry. 1719. Copy sold at Sotheby’s, April 1911. Mor. ex. £1-7. Third edition advertised at the back of The Psalms of David, etc., by I. Watts. 3rd ed. London, John Clark and Rich. Ford. M.DCC.XXII.

Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children. London: R. Ford. 1720. 4th edition. Calf. 12o. Copy offered by Maggs Bros., London, 1909, £4-10.

Divine Songs. Edited by I. Cobbin, London, 1720. 12o. Lown.

Divine Songs, etc. 5th edition. NR.

Divine Songs, etc. 6th edition. NR.

Divine Songs, etc. 7th edition. 1726 (?). Advertised in An Essay Toward the Encouragement of Charity Schools, by I. Watts, London: John Clark and Richard Hett. 1728.

Divine | Songs | Attempted in easy language, for the Use of | Children. | By I. Watts. | | The Eighth Edition. | London: Printed for Richard Ford, at the An- | gel in the Poultry, near Stocks-Market, 1727. | pp. XX + 52, 5¾ × 3¼, full calf. S.

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Divine Songs, etc. 9th edition. London: 1728. 12o. B.M.

Divine Songs, etc. 10th edition. London: R. Ford, near Stocks-Market. 1729. Copy sold at Sotheran’s, April 1890, £1-2; at Christie’s, June 1898, Mor. ex. g. e., £1-8; at Sotheby’s, Feb. 1900, £1-16; offered by Bull and Auvache, London, £2-12-6.

Divine Songs, etc. 11th edition, 1731. NR.

Divine Songs, etc. 12th edition. (?) London: R. Ford. 1733. 8o. Copy sold at Sotheby’s, June 1891. Mor. ex., £3-7-6. Copy sold in Hoe Collection, N. Y., April 1911, Lev. mor. g. e., $15.00.

Divine Songs, etc. 13th edition, 1735 (?). NR.

Divine Songs, etc. 14th edition, 1737 (?). NR.

Divine Songs, etc. 15th edition, 1739 (?). Fifteenth edition advertised at the back of The Art of Reading and Writing English, 6th ed. London, 1740, published by R. Hett and J. Brackstone at the Bible and Crown in the Poultry.

Divine Songs, etc. 16th edition, with some additional composures (a Slight Specimen of Moral Songs). London: J. Brackstone, 1740. Small 12 mo. calf. Copy offered by Bull and Auvache, London, 1905. 15/-.

Divine Songs, etc. 17th edition. NR.

Divine Songs, etc. 18th edition. NR.

Divine Songs, etc. 19th edition. NR.

Divine Songs, etc. 20th edition. NR.

Divine Songs, etc. The twenty-first edition with some additional composures, 1752. Copy sold at Hodgson’s, Feb. 1905, Mor. ex. g. e., 8o, £2-2.

Works of Isaac Watts. Edited by D. Jennings and P. Doddridge. London: 1753. 6 vols. 4o. Vol. 4 contains the Divine Songs, for the use of Children. B.A.

Divine Songs, etc. 22nd edition. NR.

Divine Songs, etc. 23rd edition. NR.

Divine Songs, etc. 24th edition. NR.

Divine Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language, | For the Use of | Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | | The Twenty-fifth Edition. | London: | Printed for T. Longman, F. Buckland, | and W. Fenner, in Paternoster-row; | J. Waugh, in Lombard-street; E. Dilly, in the Poultry; and T. Field, in Cheap- | side. M.DCC.LXI. | pp. xii + 60, 5¾ × 3¼, full calf. George II license facing title. S.

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Divine Songs, etc. 26th edition. NR.

Divine | Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language, | For the Use of | Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | | The Twenty-seventh Edition. | London: | Printed for J. Longman; and J. Buck- | land, in Pater-noster-row; J. Waugh, | in Lombard-Street; E. and C. Dilly, in the | Poultry; and T. Field, in Cheapside. | M.DCC.LXV. | pp. x + 60, 5½ × 3⅛, full calf. S.

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I. Watts’ Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children. London (176–), 18o, Dutch boards. Quaint cuts. Offered by Poynder, Reading, 1910, 15/-.

Divine Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language | for the Use of | Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | | London: | Printed for H. Woodfall; J. Buckland; | J. and F. Rivington; T. Longman; | W. Fenner; T. Field and | E. and C. Dilly. | M.DCC.LXIX. pp. xii + 58, 5⅝ × 3⅜. S.

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Caniadau Dwyfol (Divine Songs) Caerfyrddin, 1771. pp. 45, 12o, in Welsh. B.M.

Divine Songs, Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children. London: Printed for J. Buckland; J. and F. Rivington, etc. 1772. pp. 60, 5¾ × 3¼, George II license facing title. Bry.

Divine | Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language | For the Use of | Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | | London: | Printed for J. Buckland; J. and F. Rivington; | T. Longman; W. Fenner; T. Field; and | E. and C. Dilly. | MDCCLXXIII. | pp. xii + 58, 6 × 3½, boards. S.

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Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children. London: J. Buckland. 1774. pp. xii + 58, 8o. B.M.

Divine | Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language | For the Use of Children. | By I. Watts, D. D. | London: J. Buckland; J. and F. Rivington, etc. MDCCLXXV. George II license facing title. B.M., N. Y.

Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language For the Use of Children. Salisbury, 1776. 12o. B.M.

Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language For the Use of Children. By I. Watts, D.D. London: Printed in the year 1776. 12o. No printer’s or publisher’s name. Offered by Murray’s, Leicester, 1914, £2-10.

Divine | Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language | For the Use of | Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | | London: | Printed for J. Buckland; J.F. and C. Rivington; T. Longman; W. Fenner; T. Field; | and E. and C. Dilly. | MDCCLXXVII. | pp. xii + 60, 5⅜ × 3-3/16. B.M., S.

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Divine | Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language | For the Use of | Children | with Additions | by I. Watts, D.D. | London: | Printed, and sold by all the Booksellers in | Town and Country. | MDCCLXXIX. | pp. 58, 5½ × 3½, Dutch boards, half sheep. S.

Divine | Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language | For the Use of | Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | | London: | Printed for J. Buckland; J. F. and C. Rivington; | T. Longman; W. Fenner; T. Field; | and C. Dilly. | MDCCLXXX. | pp. xii + 58, 5¾ × 3⅛, boards. George II license facing title. B.M., S.

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Spiritual Lessons for Children to read, etc. Chiefly selected from the Divine Songs of Dr. Watts. 1780 (?). 32o. B.M.

Horæ Lyricæ | Poems | Chiefly of the Lyric Kind, | etc. By I. Watts. Pages 323–370 contain the Divine Songs. 6 × 3¾. No publisher, place or date. 1780 (?). S.

Divine | Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language | For the use of | Children. | By I. Watts, D. D. | | London: | Printed and sold by T. Moore, Pater-Noster Row | 1782. | pp. 60, 5 × 3⅜.

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The Poetical Works | of | Isaac Watts, D.D. | in seven volumes | with the life of the Author. | Vol. VII | Edinburgh: | At the Apollo Press, by the Martins | Anno 1782. | Pages 42–84 contain the Divine Songs. 5 × 3. Har.

Dr. Watts’s Hymns and Moral Songs for the use of Children. Revised and Altered, etc. By a Lady. London: Printed by permission, etc. 1785 (?). First edition, NR. See 2nd ed., 1787; 3rd ed., 1791.

Divine Songs attempted in easy language for the use of Children. S. Harward, Glocester, 1785. pp. xii + 58. 12o. B.M.

Divine Songs for the use of Children, Coventry, 1787 (?), 12o. Bod.

Divine | Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language | For the use of | Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. || London: J. Buckland; J. F. | and C. Rivington; T. Longman; T. Field; | and C. Dilly. | MDCCLXXXVII. | pp. xii + 60, 5⅞ × 3½. S.

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Dr. Watts’s | Hymns | and | Moral Songs | for the use of | Children, | Revised and Altered. | To which are added, Prayers | for the use of | Children. | By a Lady. | The Second Edition. | Train up a child in the way, etc. | London: | Printed by permission of the Proprietors, | for J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul’s | Church-yard. MDCCLXXXVII. | pp. xii + 70, 5⅝ × 3⅜. S.

Divine Songs for Children, 1788. Comment on Watts’ Divine Songs by Mrs. Trimmer. 1789. 12o. Copy in old Eng. Mor. Gold tooled, g. e. With portrait added, sold at Sotheby’s, May 1892, £4.

Divine | Songs, | Attempted in | Easy Language, | for the use of | Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | | Tamworth: | Printed and sold by B. Shelton. | Price Six-Pence. MDCCLXXXIX. | pp. 64, 7½ × 3¼, marbled boards, half leather. S.

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Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the use of Children. To which is added Poems, instructive and entertaining, etc. Kidderminster: 1790 (?). 12o. B.M.

Dr. Watts’ Divine and Moral Songs for children. Revised and altered so as to render them of general use. To which are added a short Catechism and Prayers. London. J. Johnson. No. 72, St. Paul’s Church-yard. 1790 (?). 1st ed. NR. See 2nd ed. 1792 (?); 3rd ed. 1794; 4th ed. 1803.

Dr. Watts’s Divine Songs, | set to Music in an | Easy and Familiar Stile | for one, two, three, & four voices, | by | Dr. Jackson, | Opr. 1st | | London. Printed by Muzio, Clementi & Co. | No. 26, Cheapside and Tottenham Court Road | where may be had | “Ponder my Words,” an Anthem and three | canons for three Voices composed for the use | of Country Churches. | 1790 (?). Engraved title-page. New.

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Dr. Watts’s Divine Songs, | set to Music in an | Easy and familiar Stile | for one, two, three, & four voices | by Dr. Jackson | Opr. 1st | London: Printed for the Author, No. 40, | great Prescot Street Goodmans Fields | where may be had | “Ponder my Words” an Anthem and three | Canons for three Voices composed for the use | of Country Churches. Price 2s. | 1790 (?). pp. iv + 44, 10¼ × 7, marbled paper covers. Engraved throughout. S.

Divine songs attempted in Easy Language for the use of Children. Gainsborough: 1790 (?). 12o. B.M.

Divine Songs attempted in easy language for the use of Children. London: Printed for J. Buckland; J. F. and C. Rivington; T. Longman; T. Field; and C. Dilly. 1790. 12o. B.M., Yale.

Divine Songs, etc., Belfast, 1st edition. NR.

Divine Songs, etc., Belfast, 2nd edition. NR.

Divine Songs, etc., Belfast, 3rd edition. NR.

Divine Songs, etc., Belfast, 4th edition. NR.

Divine Songs, etc., Belfast, 5th edition. NR.

Divine Songs, etc., Belfast, 6th edition. NR.

Divine Songs, etc., Belfast, 7th edition. NR.

Divine Songs, etc., Belfast, 8th edition. NR.

Divine Songs, etc., Belfast, 9th edition. NR.

Divine Songs, etc., Belfast, 10th edition. NR.

Divine Songs, etc., Belfast, 11th edition. NR.

Divine Songs, etc., Belfast, 12th edition. NR.

Divine Songs, etc., Belfast, 13th edition. NR.

Divine Songs, etc., Belfast, 14th edition. NR.

Divine Songs, etc., Belfast, 15th edition. NR.

Divine Songs, etc., Belfast, 16th edition. NR.

Divine Songs, etc., Belfast, 17th edition. NR.

Divine Songs, etc., Belfast, 18th edition. NR.

Divine Songs attempted in easy language for the use of Children. 19th edition. Belfast: Printed by W. Magee. M,DCC,XCI. pp. vi + 41. Small 8o. Bos.

Dr. Watts’ Hymns and Moral Songs for the use of Children; Revised and Altered by a Lady (E.Y.): to which are added Prayers.... Third edition. London, 1791. 12o. B.M.

Divine | Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language | For the Use of | Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | | Derby: | John Drewry | M,DCC,XCII. | Price Six-pence, bound. | pp. 72, 6¼ × 3¾, boards, half leather. Bod., S.

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Dr. Watts’ Divine and Moral Songs for Children. Revised and altered so as to render them of general use. To which are added, etc. London: J. Johnson 1792 (?). 2nd ed. NR.

Dr. Watts’ Divine and Moral Songs for Children: Revised and Altered so as to render them of general use. To which are added a short Catechism and Prayers. Third Edition. 1794. London: Printed by permission of the Proprietors. For J. Johnson. No. 72, St. Paul’s Church-yard Sq. 18o calf, with a fine series of wood-cuts. Offered by Burman, Alnwick, Aug. 1914, £2.10.

Poetical works of Isaac Watts, to which is prefixed the life of the author (by R. Anderson) Edinburgh: 1794. 8o; contains the Divine and Moral Songs. P.L.

Divine | Songs | Attempted in Easy Language | for the use of | children | by I. Watts, D.D. | | London: | Printed for J. Longman, C. Dilly, and F. and C. Rivington. MDCCXCVI. pp. xii + 60. Preliminary leaf bears notice of purchase of copyrights by Buckland, Waugh, etc. Copy offered by Gorfin, London, Sept. 1914, 7/6.

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Watts’s Hymns for Children, complete with prayers. 1796 (?). Price 1½d, or 6/- per 100. Offered on the last leaf of The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain. Marshall, London, January 1796. Cheap Repository and S. Hazard, Bath.

Divine Songs attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children. London, 1799. 12o. B.M.

Divine Songs.... To which are added the Principles of the Christian Religion ... by Philip Doddridge, also a collection of instructive and entertaining poems. Kidderminster. 1800 (?). 12o. B.M.

Watts’ Divine Songs. Alnwick and Glasgow. 1800 (?). Woodcuts. Offered by Tregaskis, London, July 1916.

Divine Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language | For the Use of | Children | By I. Watts, D.D. | Adorned with Thirty-seven elegant Cuts | To which is added | The Beggar’s Petition | and the | Universal Prayer. | London, Gower & Pennell, Kidderminster. | 1800 (?). pp. 71, 5⅝ × 3¾, half leather. S.

Divine Songs attempted in Easy Language. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. London. 1800. 12o. B.M.

Divine | Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language | For the | Use of Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | | To which are added, | The Beggar’s Petition, Prayers, etc. | Wellington: | Printed and sold by J. Bishop. | Sold also by all Booksellers in Town and Country. | Price six pence. | 1800 (?). pp. 48, 6⅛ × 3⅞. Frontispiece of church interior with verse beneath. Paper covers. Title in oval wreath on front cover. S.

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Divine Songs attempted in Easy Language. Coventry, 1800 (?). 12o. B.M.

Divine Songs attempted in Easy Language. Bath, 1800 (?). 12o. B.M.

Divine | Songs | Attempted in Easy Language | For the use of Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | | Gainsborough | Printed by H. Mosley, Market Place. | Price six pence. | 1801 (?). pp. 72, 5¼ × 2¾, Dutch boards, gilt. Frontispiece and numerous cuts in text. Cuts signed “W.G.” (William Green?); that on page 23 signed “W.G. Hull 1801.” S.

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Divine Songs attempted in easy language for the use of Children. Mission Press: Serampore. 1801. pp. 88, 16o. B.M.

Divine Songs for Children by Isaac Watts. York: Edw. Peck. Lower Ousegate. 1802 (?). Offered on the last leaf of The Magic Lantern, York, Edw. Peck, Lower Ousegate. 1802.

The | Poetical Works | of | Isaac Watts, D.D. | in seven volumes. London: Apollo Press. George Cawthorn. No. 132, Strand. 1802. 5 × 3. Vol. VII, pp. 42–84, contains the Divine Songs. N.Y.

Divine Songs | for | Children. | By Isaac Watts, D.D. | London. | Printed and Sold by Darton and Harvey, | Grace Church Street | 1802. | Price six pence. | pp. 60, 4⅝ × 3¼, marbled paper. Eighteen half page copperplate illustrations in the text. N.Y.

Dr. Watts’s Divine and Moral Songs for Children.... To which are added a short Catechism and Prayers. Fourth edition. London: J. Johnson. 1803. pp. ix + 96, 12o. B.M.

Divine Songs for the use of Children. York, 1804. Dutch boards. Wood-cuts. Copy sold at Sotheby’s, Jan. 11, 1899.

Divine Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language | for the use of | Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | | London: Printed for F. & C. Rivington; J. Scatcherd; | Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme; | and G. Mowman; | By Bye and Low, St. John’s Square. Clerkenwell. | 1805. | pp. 75, 5½ × 3¼. Item No. 5 of Vol. XII of a set issued by the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge. B.M., Gen.

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Divine | Songs | Attempted | in Easy Language | For | The Use | of | Children | By I. Watts, D.D. | | Ornamented with cuts. | A new edition. | London: | Printed for Houlston and Son, | 65, Paternoster Row, and at Wellington, Salop. | Price six pence. | 1805 (?). pp. 72, 5⅜ × 3, boards. Frontispiece of the interior of a church; cut at the head of each song. Front cover bears title in decorative border.

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Watts’ Divine Songs, 1805 (?), 32o, without cuts, price 2d; advertised on rear cover of above item.

Select Songs for Children.... By Isaac Watts, the Rev. Mr. Foxton and other eminent divines. Dublin: J. Gough. 1st ed. NR.

Select Songs for Children, Dublin, 2nd edition. NR.

Select Songs for Children, Dublin, 3rd edition. NR.

Select Songs for Children, Dublin, 4th edition. NR.

Select Songs for Children, Dublin, 5th edition. NR.

Select Songs for Children, Dublin, 6th edition. NR.

Select Songs for Children, Dublin, 7th edition. NR.

Select Songs for Children, Dublin, 8th edition. NR.

Select Songs for Children, Dublin, 9th edition. NR.

Select Songs for Children.... By Isaac Watts, the Rev. Mr. Foxton and other eminent divines.... Tenth edition ... enlarged. Dublin: J. Gough. 1806. pp. 108. 12o. B.M. See 12th ed. 1810.

The | Poetical Works | of | Isaac Watts, D.D. | Collated by Thos. Park, Esq., F.S.A. London: Whittingham. 1807. Vol. II, pp. 169–211, contains “Songs | Divine and Moral | Book IV” | 5 × 3. Copperplate frontispiece by Stothard, “Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber.” N.Y.

Divine Songs attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children. Society for promoting Christian Knowledge. Vol. XII. 1807. 12o. B.M.

Divine Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language | For the Use of | Children | By I. Watts, D.D. | | Printed for F. and C. Rivington; J. Scatcherd | and Letterman; Longman, Hurst, Rees and | Orme; and J. Mowman; | By Law and Gilbert, St. John’s Square, Clerkenwell. | 1808. | pp. 72, 5⅜ × 3¼. S.

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Dr. Watts’s Divine Songs, in a small size and type. To which is added, The Principles of the Christian Religion, Doddridge. 6d. 1808 (?). Offered on back leaf of previous item.

Songs Divine and Moral. A new edition revised by J. Owen. London, 1809. 16o. B.M.

Watts’ Divine Songs for the Use of Children, etc. Richmond: T. Bowman. 1810 (?). pp. 35. B.M.

Select songs for Children. By I. Watts, D.D., the Rev. Mr. Foxton and other eminent Divines. Dublin: John Gough. 11th ed. N.R.

Select | Songs | for | Children | in three parts | .... | By I. Watts, D.D., the Rev. Mr. Fox- | ton, and other eminent Divines. | .... | The Twelfth Edition | Corrected and Enlarged. | Dublin: Printed by John Gough, No. 20, Meath-Street. | 1810 | Price 8d, half bound. | pp. 108, 5⅛ × 3¼. Half sheep. S.

Watts’s Divine Songs. Published May 24, 1810, by R. Harrild, 20, Great Eastcheap. Broadside 19 × 15 (School piece), eight copperplate illustrations, carefully hand-colored. S.

Divine Songs. London, 1810. Post 8o. Copy sold in Daly sale, Amer. Art Galleries, March 1900, $5.50. Mor. g. e., portrait by Bartolozzi inserted.

Divine Songs, attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children. Adorned with appropriate wood-cuts by T. Bewick. York: Thomas Wilson and Son, 1810. pp. 64. 5 × 2½. Bry.

Divine and Moral Songs. York: R. Burdikin. 12o, illustrated. 1810 (?). Offered by Tregaskis, London, Aug. 1912.

Watts’ Divine Songs for Children. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. Tweeddale Court. With neat embellishments. 6d. 1810 (?). pp. 36, 5½ × 3½. Offered at back of “A Budget of Juvenile Stories for Children.” Edinburgh. Oliver and Boyd.

Divine | and | Moral Songs | In Easy & Pleasing Language | For the Instruction of Children | By Isaac Watts, D.D. | Illustrated with forty fine cuts | London: Edward Lacey, 76, St. Paul’s Churchyard. | And all booksellers. | 1810 (?). pp. 70, 5¼ × 3¼, boards. S.

Divine and Moral Songs for the use of Children. London: W. Darton, 1812. pp. 70, 12o. B.M.

Divine Songs attempted in easy Language for the use of children. London: Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington; J. Scatcherd and Letterman; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown; and J. Mowman. 1812. Yale.

Divine Songs attempted in Easy Language, with appropriate wood-cuts by T. Bewick of New Castle. York: T. Wilson. 1812. 12o. Copy sold at Sotheby’s, February 1906, £2-2. Bod.

Dr. Watts’s | Hymns for Children, | Revised and Altered, | so as to render them of general use: | To which are now added | Hymns | And other religious poetry | For Children, | By Dr. Doddridge, &c. | A new edition. | Exeter: | Printed and Sold by T. Besley, | Sold also by J. Johnson and Co., London; | P. Hedgeland, Exeter; Rees and Curtis, Plymouth; and J. Belcher, | Birmingham. | 1812. | pp. 52, 6⅜ × 3⅞. S.

Works of Isaac Watts. London: 1812–13. 9 vols. 8o. Vol. 9 contains the Divine Songs for Children. B.H.

Dr. Watts’s | Divine Songs, | For | Children. | Banbury: | Printed and Sold by J. G. Rusher, | Bridge-Street. | Price One penny. | 1814 (?). pp. 16, numbered 2–18. 3½ × 2¾. Blue paper wrappers. Frontispiece on inside front cover. Cuts on outside front and back covers. Copy (with another Vol., Moral Songs) sold at Bangs, N. Y., May 1900, $4.50. B.M., Bos., Bod., S.

Dr. Watts’s | Moral Songs, | For | Children. | Banbury: | Printed and sold by J. Rusher, | Bridge-Street. | Price One Penny. | 1814 (?). pp. 16, numbered 2–18. 3½ × 2¾. Gray paper wrappers. Frontispiece on inside front cover. Cuts on outside front and back covers. S. See note on previous item.

Divine Songs in easy language, etc. Glasgow: J. Lumsden and Son. 1814. pp. 30, 32o. B.M., Bod.

An analysis of Dr. Watts’s Hymns for Children, upon the interrogative or catechetical plan. For the use of schools. Liverpool: Published by H. Greenough. 1814. Yale.

Divine and Moral Songs for Children. With the Beggar’s Petition. London. Ilminster. 1814 (?). 24o. B.M.

Divine Songs in Easy Language for the Use of Children. By I. Watts. Edinburgh: G. Ross. 1814 (?). Offered by Burman, Alnwick, Sept. 1912.

Divine Songs attempted in easy language for Children. Wellington: Houlston, 1815 (?), cuts. Offered by Burman, Alnwick, July 1912, 2/-.

Caniadau Duwiol (Divine Songs) Crefyddol: 1815 (?). In Welsh. 12o. B.M.

Divine and Moral | Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language | For the Use of | Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | | Beverley: Printed by M. Turner, | For Messrs. Crosby and Co., London; | G. Turner, Hull; and M. Turner, Beverley. | 1815. | pp. 54, 5⅜ × 3½, half sheep, frontispiece and cuts in text. S.

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Divine | and | Moral Songs, | for | Children. | By Isaac Watts, D.D. | Stereotype edition. | London: | Printed for E. Cox and Son, | St. Thomas’s Street, Borough. | 1815. | pp. 64, 4 × 2½, full sheep. S.

Divine Songs, etc. London: 1816. 12o. B.M.

Divine and Moral Songs. Derby: R. Miller. 1816. 8o. Engraving above each song. Offered by Burman, Alnwick, July 1912.

Divine Songs attempted in Easy Language for the use of Children. London: Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington. 1818. Yale.

Divine and Moral | Songs | Attempted | in Easy Language | For The | Use of Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | London: | Printed and sold by J. Innes, 61, Wells St. | Oxford Street; | and may be had at all booksellers. | Price Sixpence. | 1820 (?). pp. 36, 5½ × 3½, frontispiece; stiff paper covers. O.P.

Divine Songs for Children, Reading: J. Rusher. 1820 (?). pp. 48, 16o. B.M.

Divine Songs in easy language, for Children. London: J. Evans. 1820 (?). 12o. B.M.

Watts’s Divine Songs. Glasgow. 1820 (?). 16o. B.M.

Divine and Moral Songs, Attempted in easy language for the use of Children. London: J. Catnach. 1820 (?). pp. 12, 12o. B.M.

Divine and Moral Songs.... With engravings. Devizes: J. Harrison. 1820 (?). pp. 48, 12o. B.M.

Divine Songs for the use of Children. Devizes. 1820 (?). 8o. Bod.

A | Specimen | of | Moral Songs | Adapted to | The Capacities of | Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | Chelmsford: | Printed and sold by I. Marsden. | Price one Penny. | 1820 (?). pp. 16, 4⅜ × 2⅝, gray paper covers. S.

Divine and Moral | Songs | For the | Use of Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | | London: | William Darton, 58, Holborn-Hill. | Opposite Ely Place. | 1821. | Price six pence. | pp. 72, 5⅝ × 3¼; frontispiece and numerous large cuts in text, including a hanging to illustrate moral song No. 3, “The Thief.” S.

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Divine & Moral | Songs, | in easy language. | By Isaac Watts, D.D. | A New Edition, | Embellished with beautiful engravings, | from new designs. | London: | Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Jay, | Paternoster Row. | 1821. | Price six-pence. | pp. 72, 4⅝ × 3, paper covers. Frontispiece and cut on title; also 36 cuts in text.

Divine Songs attempted in easy language for the use of Children. London: Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington. 1821. Yale.

Divine Songs for the use of Children. London. 1822 (?). 8o. Bod.

Divine and Moral Songs in Easy Language for the Use of Children. R. Franly. 1823. 12o, paper covers. Folding colored frontispiece in six sections. Copy sold at Sotheby’s, Feb. 1911, £2-5.

Divine Songs, | Attempted in | Easy Language, | By I. Watts, D.D. | | London: Sold by C. S. Arnold, | Tavistock-Street, Covent Garden. | 1825. | Price six pence. | pp. 72, 5½ × 3⅜, frontispiece and cuts in text, stiff paper covers, border and cut on cover. Bod., S.

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Divine Songs for children. Adorned with 38 elegant cuts, to which is added the Beggar’s Petition and Universal Prayer. London, 1825. Small pott 8o half leather. Copy offered by Gorfin, London, Oct. 1914.

Divine Songs for the use of Children. Epping, 1825 (?). 8o. Bod.

Divine | and | Moral Songs | for | Children. | By Isaac Watts, D.D. | with | Brief notes appended to each hymn, | by | A minister of the gospel. | Birmingham: | Printed for Thomas Groom, | Islington Row. | 1825 (?). pp. 54, 5⅝ × 3⅝, stiff paper covers. Title on cover in mortised cut, apparently by Bewick. Yale, S.

Songs, | Divine and Moral | By Isaac Watts, D.D. | To which is added | A memoir of the Author. | Embellished with sixty engravings on wood | | London: | Published by W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, Stationers’ Hall Court, Ludgate Street; | J. Johnson, Brook Street, Holborn; and sold by all booksellers. | 1826. | pp. iv + vi + vi + 88, 7½ × 3¾, boards. Frontispiece portrait and cut at head of each song. B.M., S.

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Canan Duwiol (Divine Songs) Llundain: 1826. In Welsh. 24o. B.M.

Divine and Moral | Songs, | Attempted in Easy Language, | for the | Use of Children: | By I. Watts, D.D. | Derby: | Printed for and by | Thomas Richardson, Friar-Gate; | and for | Hurst, Chance and Co., | 65 St. Paul’s Church-yard, London. | 1827. | pp. 70, 5½ × 3½, picture boards. Frontispiece and small wood-cuts in text. S.

Divine Songs | Attempted In | Easy Language | For the use of Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | Adorned with thirty-eight elegant cuts. | To which is added, | The Beggar’s Petition, and the Universal Prayer. | London: | Thomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside. | 1828. | pp. 72, 5¼ × 3½, boards, half leather; frontispiece and numerous cuts in text. S.

An Explanation of Dr. Watt’s Hymns for Children, in question and answer. By a Lady. (Mrs. Cockle, with the text). London: First edition. NR. See 3rd ed. 1829; 4th ed. 1836.

An Explanation of Dr. Watt’s Hymns for Children, in question, etc. Second edition. NR.

An Explanation of Dr. Watt’s Hymns for Children, in question and answer. By a Lady. (Mrs. Cockle, with the text). Third edition: London. 1829. 8o. B.M.

Divine and Moral Songs. Derby, 1830 (?). 12o. B.M.

Watts’s | Divine Songs, | attempted in | Easy Language | For the Use of Children. | John and Charles Mozley. | Derby: | Price One Penny. | 1830 (?). pp. 32, 4⅛ × 2⅝, paper covers, cut on front cover, frontispiece, and vignette on title. S.

Watts’s | Divine Songs, | attempted in | Easy Language | For the Use of Children. | London: John and Charles Mozley, | 6, Paternoster Row. | Price One penny. | 1830 (?). pp. 32, 4⅛ × 2⅝, paper covers, cut on front cover, small frontispiece, and vignette on title. S.

Watts’ Divine Songs. Offered on back of “The English Primer” published by John and Charles Mozley, Derby and Paternoster Row, London. 1830 (?); price 1d [see item above], 2d and 6d each.

Divine and Moral Songs in Easy Language. Religious Tract Society, London: 1830 (?). The First Series, Tracts etc. No. 5, 12o. B.M.

Divine and Moral Songs. London: 1830. 18o. 2/0. Lown.

Divine Songs for the use of Children. London: 1830 (?). Printed from copper plates. Bod.

Divine Songs, | In | Easy Language | For | Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | | London: | Printed and Sold by | J. Evans, | 42, Long Lane, West Smithfield. | Price six-pence. | 1830 (?). pp. 68, 5¼ × 3½, picture boards. Frontispiece and crude cuts in text. Vignette on title by Bewick. S.

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Songs, Divine and Moral, For the Use of Children, by Isaac Watts. 1832. 12o, boards. Illustrated by Stothard. Lowndes says “London: Tilt, fcp. 8o 1832.” Copy offered by Hollings, London, 1910, 2/-.

Dr. Watts’ Divine and Moral Songs, improved. With an appendix, etc. Newcastle. 1832. 12o. B.M., Bod. See 2nd ed. 1834; 3rd ed. 1839.

Dr. Watts’ Divine and Moral Songs improved ... with an appendix. By John Scott. The second edition, etc. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1834. 12o. B.M., Bod.

Divine and Moral | Songs For Children. | By Isaac Watts, D.D. | London: | Religious Tract Society; | Instituted 1799; | Sold at the Depository, 56, Paternoster Row; and | By the booksellers. | 1834. | pp. 72, 5½ × 3½, half leather. Vignette on title and numerous excellent wood-cuts in text. S.

Dr. Watts’s Divine and Moral Songs. Illustrated by Anecdotes and Reflections by the Rev. Ingram Cobbin. London: Dean and Son. 1st edition. NR. See 1835 (?).

Dr. Watts’s | Divine and Moral Songs, | for | Children. | Illustrated by Anecdotes and Reflections by the Rev. Ingram Cobbin, M.A. | Embellished with beautiful wood-cuts. | New edition, | London: | Dean and Son, Ludgate Hill. E.C. | 1835 (?). pp. 136, 5½ × 3½, green cloth. Bos., S.

Divine and Moral Songs. Llundain. 1836. 24o. In Welsh. B.M.

An Explanation of Dr. Watts’ Hymns for Children, in question and answer. By a Lady. (Mrs. Cockle, with the text). Fourth edition. London: 1836. 12o. B.M.

Divine and Moral Songs for Children. London: Religious Tract Society. 1837, small 8o, illustrated, half calf. Offered by Gorfin, London, Oct. 1914.

Divine Songs for Children. Edited by J. G. Pike. London: Thomas Richardson and Son, 26, Paternoster Row. 1837 (?). Offered on back of Mavor’s Improved Spelling Book. London: Thomas Richardson and Son, 26, Paternoster Row, @ 6d, 3d, 2d, and 1d each.

Divine and Moral Songs for Children. In “Hymns, Original and Selected, by John Radcliffe, 1838.” 16o. B.M.

Dr. Watts’s Divine and Moral Songs.... Improved; with a large appendix, by J. Scott. Now an almost entirely new work. Third edition, etc. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1839. 12o. Lown., B.M., Bod.

Divine and Moral Songs. London: Houlson, 1839. Fcp 8o, plates, 2/6. Lown.

Divine and Moral Songs, new edition. To which are added prayers, etc. London: 1840 (?). 16o. Frontispiece and numerous wood-cuts. B.M., S.

Divine Songs | Attempted in Easy Language | For the Use of Children. | By Isaac Watts, D.D. | | New edition. | London: | Printed for the | Society for promoting Christian Knowledge; | Sold at the Depository, | Great Queen Street, Lincoln’s Inn Fields; | and by all booksellers. | [55] 1840. | pp. 68, 5⅜ × 3½, half leather, picture boards. Society’s seal on title page. 8 wood-cuts in text. S.

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Divine and Moral Songs for Children. London: The Religious Tract Society. 1841. Illustrated. Yale.

March’s | Library | of Instruction and Amusement. | Watts’ | Divine and Moral | Songs | -9- | Price six-pence | Printed and Published by J. March | 5, Great Charlotte Street, Blackfriars’ Road. | 1844 (?). pp. 16, 9½ × 6, printed on one side of leaves only. Title on outside front cover; 21 carefully colored wood-cuts. S.

Divine and Moral Songs. Set to music by Mrs. Brent. London; 1846 (?). Royal 8o. 1st ed. (?). Bod. (See 1848.)

Divine Songs | Attempted in Easy Language | For the Use of Children. | By Isaac Watts, D.D. | | London: | Printed for | The Society for promoting Christian Knowledge | Sold at the Depository, | Great Queen Street, Lincoln’s Inn-Fields, and 4 Royal Exchange; | and by all booksellers. | [55] 1847. | pp. 72, 5½ × 3½, red silk boards. Seal of Society on title page. Many excellent wood-cuts; some signed “Whimper.” S.

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Dr. Watts’ | Divine & Moral Songs, | Set to Music, | And adapted expressly for the use | of children. | By | Mrs. Brent. | London. | Sold by Houlston & Stoneman. | Paternoster Row; | & other Booksellers. | 1848. | Ent. Sta. Hall. | pp. 80, 10¼ × 7. From engraved plates throughout. Bod., Lown., S.

Divine and Moral | Songs | For | The Use of Children. | By | Isaac Watts, D.D. | With thirty illustrations | Drawn on the wood by C. W. Cope, A.R.A. | and | Engraved by John Thompson. | London: | John Van Voorst, Paternoster Row. | MDCCCXLVIII. | pp. 94, 8½ × 6¼, paper covered boards. L.p. uncut. First issue carrying the “death print” on page 28. Later issue, same date, had the death print replaced by the wood-cut from page 74. First issue, B.M. Later issue, S.

Divine and Moral | Songs | For | The Use of Children. | By | Isaac Watts, D.D. | With thirty illustrations | Drawn on the wood by C. W. Cope, A.R.A., | and | Engraved by John Thompson. | London: | John Van Voorst, | Paternoster Row. | MDCCCXLVIII. | pp. 94 + 4 adv. 8⅛ × 5½, cloth, g.e. Small paper edition of preceding item. B.M., Bod., A.A., S.

Divine and Moral Songs. London: 1848. 18o, ⅙. Lown.

Divine and Moral Songs. London: (Bath printed) 1849. 16o. Printed in phonetic characters. B.M.

Divine Songs for the use of Children. London: 1849, 8o. Bod.

Divine and Moral | Songs | For | The Use of Children | By | Isaac Watts, D.D. | with thirty illustrations | Drawn on the wood by C. W. Cope, A.R.A., | and | Engraved by John Thompson. | London: | John Van Voorst, Paternoster Row. | M.DCCCL. | pp. 94 + 8 of adv., cloth, 8⅛ × 5½.

Divine Songs | Attempted in Easy Language | For the Use of Children. | By Isaac Watts, D.D. | | London: | Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; | Sold at the Depositories; | 77, Great Queen Street, Lincoln’s Inn Fields; | 4, Royal Exchange; 16, Hanover Street, Hanover Square; | And by All Booksellers. | 1850 (?). No. 55. | pp. 72, 5½ × 3½. Frontispiece and numerous wood-cuts. S.

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Divine Songs for the use of Children. London: 1852. 8o. Bod.

Divine and Moral Songs | for | Children. | by the | Rev. Isaac Watts, D.D. | Illustrated by anecdotes and reflections, | by the | Rev. Ingram Cobbin, M.A. | Embellished with beautiful wood-cuts. | London: | Arthur Hall, Virtue and Co., | 25, Paternoster Row, | and all booksellers. | 1852. | pp. 136 + 18 of adv., 5½ × 3½, cloth with gold lettering. See 1835. S.

New and revised edition of Dr. Watts’s Divine and Moral Songs ... by J. G. C. Fussell. London: 1852. 18o. B.M.

Divine Songs. London: 1854(?). 32o. B.M.

Twenty-eight Divine Songs for the use of Children. Dublin: 1855 (?). 48o. B.M.

Divine and Moral Songs. Low, London: 1855. 12o, printed on cloth. Lown.

Watts’s Divine and Moral Songs. Edinburgh: 1855 (?). 12o. B.M.

Divine and Moral Songs. London: Birmingham: 1855 (?). 32o. B.M.

Divine and Moral Songs. London: 1856. 8o. B.M.

Divine and Moral Songs. Warde and Locke. London: 1857. 12o. B.M., Lown.

Divine Songs for the use of Children. London: 1857. 8o. Bod.

Divine and Moral Songs. Edinburgh and New York. 1857. 12o. B.M.

Divine and Moral | Songs. | For | Children | By the | Revd Isaac Watts, D.D. | London. | George Routledge & Co., Farrington St. | 1860 (?). Designed title with vignette of Dr. Watts. Frontispiece and numerous wood engravings in text, all by Dalziel. pp. 96, 6⅜ × 3¾. N.Y., S.

Divine and Moral Songs. Same as above except printed throughout on cloth. S.

Divine Songs. London: 1860 (?). 12o. B.M.

Moral Songs and Hymns. Illustrated by ten beautiful coloured engravings. (On cards). 1861 (?). 12o. B.M.

Dr. Watts’s Divine and Moral Songs. F. Goodchilds’ Little Library. 1861 (?). 8o. B.M.

Divine and Moral Songs. Religious Tract Society. London: 1861. 12o, colored plates. Lown.

Divine and Moral Songs.... The music composed and adapted for Children’s voices. By E. Thorne. London: 1864. 8o. B.M., Bod. See 1870 (?).

Divine and Moral | Songs for Children. | By Isaac Watts, D.D. | London: Religious Tract Society; | Instituted 1799 | Sold at the depository, 56, Paternoster Row, and 65, St. Paul’s Church-yard; | and by the Booksellers. | 1865 (?). pp. 72, 5½ × 3⅜, half leather. Illustrated with excellent wood engravings, some of the tailpieces after Bewick. U.T.

Divine and Moral | Songs | For | Children | By Isaac Watts, D. D. | London: | Sampson Low, Son, and Marston. | 1866. | pp. 116, 7¾ × 5½. Numerous wood engravings in the text by various artists. B.M.

Divine and Moral | Songs | For | Children, | By | Isaac Watts, D.D. | Illustrated | London: | George Routledge & Sons. | 1866 (?). pp. 116, 7¾ × 5⅝, designed title page; frontispiece wood-engraved portrait of Dr. Watts by Scott. Wood-cut illustrations and decorations on each page by Scott, Kennedy, Allen, etc. Probably from same plates as item above. Bod., S.

Divine and Moral Songs. Leiden. 1866 (?). 12o. In Dutch. B.M.

Divine | and | Moral Songs | For | Children. | By Isaac Watts, D.D. | Illustrated in the | New Graphotype Engraving Process. | by W. Holman Hunt, | W. Cave Thomas, J. D. Watson, G. Du Maurier, T. Morten, C. Green, | H. K. Brown, Marcus Stone, H. Anelay, Florence Claxton, | M. E. Edwards, etc. etc. | Under the superintendence of | H. Fitzcook. | London: | James Nisbet and Co., | Berners Street. | 1867 (?). pp. viii + 76, 10¾ × 8½, cloth, g. e. Frontispiece portrait. B.M., Bod., S. The largest size found.

Divine Songs, | Attempted in | Easy Language, | For the Use of Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | | Published by John and Charles Mozley, Derby; | and Paternoster Row, London. | 1867 | pp. 72, 5½ × 3½, picture boards, half leather. Frontispiece, vignette on title and cut at head of each song. S.

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Watts’s Divine and Moral Songs. (With coloured engravings). London, Edinburgh: Nelson and Sons (Printed 1867). 8o. B.M.

Divine & Moral | Songs for Children. | By Dr. Watts. | London: | S. W. Partridge and Co., 9 Paternoster Row | 1867 (?). pp. 80, 5½ × 4¼, cloth. Decorated page borders and profusely illustrated with excellent wood engravings, signed “W. Cheshire”. B.M., U.T.

Divine and Moral Songs (With illustrations). London: Religious Tract Society. 1869 (?). 8o. B.M., Bod.

Divine and Moral Songs.... The music composed by E. Thorne. London: 1870 (?). 8o. B.M.

Hymnyn ny Arraneyn Mayllee, son Paitchyn. Liorish I. Watts. Peel: W. K. Palmer, printer. Michael Street. pp. 30, 12o. 1870 (?). In Manx.

Beeton’s Watts’s Divine and Moral Songs. 1872 (?). Beeton’s Penny Books. 16o. B.M.

Divine Songs.... Original and altered from Watts. By W. A. Pope. 1873. 8o. B.M.

Divine Songs for the use of Children. London and Liverpool. 1873. 12o.

Divine and Moral Songs. Utrecht: 1874 (?). 8o. In Dutch. B.M.

Divine and Moral Songs. London: Religious Tract Society. 1875 (?). 16o. B.M.

Divine and Moral Songs.... Illustrated. London. 1875 (?). 16o. B.M.

Watts’s Divine and Moral Songs. (Edited by H. F.) London: (Chilworth printed) 1877 (?). 16o. B.M., Bod.

Bible Voices for the Young. Consisting of Watts’ Divine and Moral Songs; Scripture Characters; First, Second and Third Catechisms, etc. 2 pt. London: Systematic Bible Teachers Depository. 1879 (?). 18o. B.M.

Watts’ Divine and Moral Songs. Illustrated. London: 1879 (?). 8o. B.M.

Watts’ Divine and Moral Songs. London: Frederick Warne and Co. 1880 (?). cloth, g.e., coloured frontispiece and 50 illustrations.

Watts’ Divine and Moral Songs. London: Religious Tract Society. 1880 (?). pp. 48, 24o. B.M.

Songs, Divine and Moral.... Improved edition with engravings. Glasgow: G. Cameron. 1883 (?). pp. 64, 16o. B.M.

Thirty-one Divine Songs for the use of Children. Glasgow: Marr and Sons. 1883 (?). pp. 31, 32o. B.M.

Divine and Moral Songs.... With illustrations, etc. London: Religious Tract Society, pp. 95, 8o. B.M., Bod.

Divine and Moral Songs.... With coloured pictures by Mrs. A. Gaskin. London: Elkin Mathews. 1896 (?). pp. 60, 8o. B.M. See 1901 (?).

Divine Songs for the use of Children. London: 1897. 8o. Bod.

Divine: and: Moral | Songs: For Children. | By the: Reverend | Isaac: Watts: D.D. | Elkin Mathews | Vigo St London | 1900 (?). pp. 62, 5¾ × 4½. Thirteen full-page pictures in color by Mrs. Arthur Gaskin: glazed picture boards, half cloth.

Divine: and: Moral | Songs: For Children | By the: Reverend | Isaac: Watts: D.D. | Elkin Mathews | Vigo St London | 1901 (?). pp. 92, 7¾ × 5½, cloth, with full-page color plates by Mrs. Arthur Gaskin.

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Happy the Child whose tender years Receive Instructions well: Who hates the Sinner’s path, and fears The road that leads to Hell.

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