Children's poetry

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The New-England primer, or, An easy and pleasant guide to the art of reading
Date: 1835
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A collection of pretty poems for the amusement of children six foot high. Interspersed With a Series of Letters From Cousin Sam to Cousin Sue, On the Subjects of Criticism, Poetry, and Politics. With Notes Variorum. Calculated with a Design to do Good. Adorned with variety of copper-plate cuts, designed and engraved by the best Masters.
Date: [1757?]
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The wren; or, the fairy of the green-house , consisting of song, story, and dialogue, Founded upon actual Incidents, and put together for the amusement and instruction of three little boys During the Confinement of their Mother.
Date: [1787]
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The looking-Glass for the mind; or, intellectual mirror being an elegant collection of the most delightful little stories, and interesting tales: chiefly translated from that much admired work, L'Ami des enfans. With seventy-four cuts, designed and engraved on wood, by I. Bewick.
Berquin, M. (Arnaud), 1747-1791.Date: 1800
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Amusing and instructive tales for youth: in thirty poems. With moral applications in prose. By the author of "choice emblems for the improvement of youth," &c. Ornamented with cuts, Neatly Designed And Engraved ON Wood, by I. Bewick [sic]
Wynne, John Huddlestone, 1743-1788.Date: 1800