Jemmy Stubbins, or the Nailer Boy Illustrations of the Law of Kindness

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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.