Juvenile trials for robbing orchards, telling fibs, and other heinous offences. ... By Master Tommy Littleton, secretary to the court.

People / Organizations

• R. Johnson (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for T. Carnan, 1774.

Publication year

1774-1774

ESTC No.

N51809

Grub Street ID

35803

Description

124p. : ill. ; 24⁰

Note

Master Tommy Littleton = Richard Johnson. Attributed by Weedon, Roscoe and Osborne. - Promotes self-government for the young; partly based on 'The governess' by Sarah Fielding (Osborne).

Uncontrolled note

Frontis. = ill. - Signatures: A-K? X?; horizontal chain lines except in sigs. D-I?; ht. = 11.2cm. - Entered in Johson's daybook as "Delivered to Mr. Carnan" in 1770. - This edition not in Osborne, but see I, p.270