Research Catalog

Title

Ellen, or, The naughty girl reclaimed : a story, exemplified in a series of figures.

Publication

London : Printed for S. and J. Fuller, Temple of Fancy, Rathbone Place, 1811

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Details

Additional Authors

• Shury, Daniel Nathan.
• S. and J. Fuller. pbl
• Children's Room Collection.

Description

19 p. : col. ill.; 13 cm.

Summary

Ellen is such an unruly, disobedient child that her father sends her away to school. She is disobedient there, also. One day she goes out by herself, and is robbed by gypsies who force her to work for them until she becomes so weak and sick that they abandon her. She is found and nursed back to health by a kind old woman, in whose care Ellen learns to be grateful, obedient, and to value the education she rejected before. Eventually she is reunited with her parents, who welcome her back, now that she has learned to be a good girl.

Alternative Title

• Ellen
• Naughty girl reclaimed

Subjects

• Children > Conduct of life > Fiction
• Toy and movable books
• Stories in rhyme
• Paper dolls
• Juvenile literature > England > London > 1811
• Girls > Conduct of life > Fiction

Genre/Form

• Stories in rhyme.
• Juvenile literature – England – London – 1811.

Note

• The illustrations are hand-colored cut-outs with interchangeable parts: 9 costumed figures, 1 head, and 5 hats. Each figure corresponds to a chapter of the story.
• Publisher's ads on p. [4] of wrapper, and on the back of the slipcase.

Indexed In (note)

• Cf. Osborne Coll.
• NUC pre-1956

Provenance (note)

• Inscribed: in ink on pastedown of the upper cover, "Lucy Ellen Tildesley the gift of my aunt Charlotte."

Binding (note)

• Bound in printed gray paper wrappers, in a slipcase also covered with printed gray paper.

Contents

Ellen makes her first appearance in a white frock, with a book at her feet -- Ellen dressed in a blue hat and feather, with a parasol in her hand -- Ellen appears in a deplorable condition, her frock and spencer splashed with mud -- Ellen is now dressed in a coloured frock and blue cloak, with a bundle in her hand -- Ellen stands in a disgraceful situation, with the foolscap on her head -- Ellen appears in the dress of a gipsey girl, sitting in a wood -- Ellen now makes a more pleasing appearance, in a neat stuff gown, with a book under her arm -- Ellen dressed in a red cloak, with a basket of fruit in her hand -- Ellen makes her last appearance sitting in a chair with a book in her hand.

Call Number

*KH 1811 Ellen 11-407

OCLC

15182597

Title

Ellen, or, The naughty girl reclaimed : a story, exemplified in a series of figures.

Imprint

London : Printed for S. and J. Fuller, Temple of Fancy, Rathbone Place, 1811 (London : D.N. Shury)

Edition

2nd ed.

Indexed In:

Cf. Osborne Coll. II, 1051

NUC pre-1956, 158:243

Provenance

Inscribed: in ink on pastedown of the upper cover, "Lucy Ellen Tildesley the gift of my aunt Charlotte."

Binding

Bound in printed gray paper wrappers, in a slipcase also covered with printed gray paper.

Connect to:

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Added Author

S. and J. Fuller. Publisher

Shury, Daniel Nathan. Printer

Children's Room Collection.

Research Call Number

*KH 1811 Ellen 11-407