Worlds displayed; for the benefit of young people, by a familiar history of some of their inhabitants [Four lines of Scripture texts] - Campbell, John (Printed and sold at no. 53, Cornhill, by Lincoln & Edmands. Who publish a great variety of cheap religious tracts. On cash purchases of 5 dols. a discount of 5 per cent. will be made; over 10 dols. 10 per cent. The orders of charitable distributors, resident in any part of the United States, promptly answered, 1811)
"The design of this little book is to impress the minds of young people with the importance of time and eternity, and to exhibit the close connexion that there is betwixt them. ... The first edition having gone off in less than four months encourages me to publish a second ..."--Preface, t.p. verso, signed: John Campbell. Edinburgh, February 25, 1800. - An allegory. - Errors in paging: p. 20, 22, 31 misnumbered 21, 20, 13. - Pages [1] and [72] blank; pasted to wrapper. - Pages [2] and [71] have wood engravings illustrating various quotations from the Bible. - Shaw & Shoemaker, 22435a. - Shaw & Shoemaker, 22468. - Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 154.9