ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE LAW OF KINDNESS,
EDITED BY ELIHU BURRITT.
JEMMY STUBBINS,
OR
THE NAILER BOY.
1850.
[Illustration]
Jack at Rest. _Initial_
The Giant cometh
Cormoran carryeth off his Booty
Panick of the Shepherd. _Initial_
By Stratagem of a Pit Jack killeth the Giant Cormoran. _Frontispiece_
The Justices present unto Jack a Sword and Belt
A Giant looketh out for Jack. _Initial_
The deceitful Civility of the Welsh Giant
He partaketh of his Pudding with Jack
Jack measureth with the Legs of a Giant. _Initial_
Jack alarmeth his Three-headed Uncle
To the Boys and Girls in America,
Who took the "Little Nailer" of the father-land from his smithy, and
sent him to School for two years I dedicate this little Book, as an
offering of my affection, and as a souvenir of that loving act of
benevolent sympathy.
ELIHU BURRITT.
Worcester, Mass., March 20, 1850.
JEMMY STUBBINS, OR THE NAILER BOY.
Before I left America in 1846, in order to gratify the wish that had
long occupied my heart, of visiting the motherland, I formed for myself
a plan of procedure to which I hoped to be able rigidly to adhere. I
determined that my visit to England should bring me face to face with
the people; that I should converse with the artizan in his workshop, and
lifting the lowly door-latches of the poor, should become intimately
acquainted with their life--with their manners, and it might be, with
their hopes and sorrows.