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“The Children in the Woods.” ca. 1840s.

The Children in the Woods. Philadelphia: W. A. Leary, ca. 1840s. 8 pp.

Blue illustrated wrappers, hand-colored illustrations. A printed version of a 16th century ballad, a sad moral tale of two orphaned children lost in the woods.

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"The Children in the Woods." ca. 1840s.


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Constance K. Olson