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This field is rich in human interest +and leads one into folk-lore and fairyland, a delightful avocation +for a man busy in the urgent bread-and-butter (and pie) struggle of +to-day. + +It was my intention and ardent desire to put forth this little story +in 1915, to commemorate the two-hundredth anniversary of the first +edition of the _Divine and Moral Songs_--but--“the best-laid plans +o’ mice an’ men gang aft a-gley”, and mine were ruthlessly spilled; +so instead of this book appearing in 1915, the dear old world has +made several stormy circuits of its orbit and the chronologers are +about to hang out the sign for 1919 before a kindly fate permitted +the fulfillment of my heart’s desire in this matter. But never mind, +I am doubtless the only one to be much annoyed, for the whole of 1915 +passed without the appearance of so much as a newspaper paragraph, +so far as I could discover, relative to the momentous fact that two +hundred years ago an immortal book first saw the light. + +It may be, however, of passing interest to note that the +one-hundredth anniversary of the _Divine Songs_ was celebrated by the +battle of Waterloo, and the two-hundredth anniversary found Europe in +the midst of a conflict to which that celebrated battle of 1815 now +seems like boys’ play. + +And so, with Herrick I say: + + “Goe thou forth my booke, though late; + Yet be timely fortunate, + It may chance good-luck may send + Thee a kinsman, or a friend, + That may harbour thee, when I, + With my fates neglected lye. + If thou know’st not where to dwell, + See, the fier’s by: _Farewell_.” + + W. M. S. + +September, 1918. + + + + + DIVINE + SONGS + + Attempted in Easy Language + for the Use of + CHILDREN. + + By _I. WATTS_. + + _Out of the Mouth of Babes and + Sucklings thou hast perfected + Praise._ Matt. xxi. 16. + + _LONDON_: + + Printed for _M. Lawrence_ at the Angel + in the _Poultry_. 1715. + + + + + _The Divine and Moral Songs of Isaac Watts_ + + +If the _New England Primer_ was the “little Bible” of New England, +Dr. Watts’s _Divine and Moral Songs_ has a worthy place beside it +as the “little Hymn-book”, not only of New England, but of old +England as well. These two juveniles appeared in close sequence and +for nearly one hundred and fifty years jointly contributed to the +infant joys, and doubtless sorrows, of our sturdy ancestors. Even +to-day well-nigh everyone is familiar with “Let dogs delight to bark +and bite” and “How doth the little busy bee improve each shining +hour”; but alas, ’tis rarely that a knowledge of their authorship is +associated with a knowledge of the rhymes. + +When these two little books were in vogue the principal object in +teaching children to read was to open to them the advantages of the +Christian religion. Therefore the children’s first essay, after +learning their letters, was to acquire a knowledge of the Scriptures +and the characters therein portrayed. In the _Primer_ the rhymed +alphabet began with “In Adam’s fall we sinnèd all” and ended with +“Zaccheus he, did climb a tree, his Lord to see”, each illustrated +with a thrilling wood-cut. The _Divine Songs_ opens with a “General +hymn of praise” and closes with the cradle hymn “Hush, my dear, lie +still and slumber”, all calculated to inculcate grace and wisdom. + +Before the middle of the nineteenth century modern influences toward +secularization in education crowded the _New England Primer_ into +oblivion, and it has survived only on the shelves of collectors and +in a few reprints as a curiosity of bygone days. The _Divine Songs_ +has fared better, as it is still kept in print by one or two of our +publishing concerns, and several beautiful, illustrated editions +have been issued in very recent years. The _New England Primer_ has +long been considered as having the highest record of editions and +quantity published of any of the old juveniles, but I am convinced +that it must yield first place to the _Divine Songs_. There are of +record about three hundred and fifty editions of the _Primer_, but +I have been able to gather about two hundred and fifty editions of +the _Divine Songs_ in the British list and over three hundred in the +American list. It would be impossible to state the total number of +copies printed, but assuming that the accepted estimate of six and +one half million for the _Primer_ is approximately correct, we must +grant that the _Divine Songs_ stands with a total number of copies to +its credit considerably in excess of that number. + + * * * * * + +Isaac Watts, the eldest of nine children, was born at Southampton +on the 17th of July, 1674, about sixteen years after the death of +Oliver Cromwell. His father was a schoolmaster, a man of excellent +mental attainments and a Dissenter who suffered persecution for his +convictions, even to the extent of imprisonment. This was during the +reign of Charles II, when nonconformity was looked upon as a crime. +Young Isaac was reared in this atmosphere of protest, and it is of +record that while the father lay in prison “Mrs. Watts was seen +sitting on a stone, near the prison door, suckling her son Isaac.” +Little Isaac was a precocious child, reading Latin at four, and was +known as a boy who loved his books more than his play. The result was +that his over-studious habits greatly militated against his health, +and during most of his life he was a physical weakling. + +A vivid pen-picture of this anemic boy in his school days is given in +a review of a new edition of some of his later works, in the _North +British Review_ in 1857. The reviewer writes: + + “In the gloomy reign of James II, the most diligent boy in + the Grammar School of Southampton was a little Puritan. So + tiny, that he would hardly have passed for eleven years of + age, he was so grave and good, as to be at once a model and + a reproof to his sturdier class-mates; and, although in + repose there was nothing peculiarly prepossessing in his + pale face, with its prominent cheekbones, and a forehead + far from lofty, the moment that some hard question posed + the form, the sparkling eye and the light nervous figure + quivering with the pent-up answer, betrayed the genius + and the scholar. Already he had made good proficiency in + French, Latin, and Greek, and had delighted his mother, + whilst he astonished his companions, by ingenious acrostics + and clever impromptu stanzas; and altogether, with his + quiet, docile disposition, and his precocious attainments, + he made glad the heart of the Rev. Mr. Pinhorn, who, like + many a disconsolate preceptor before and since, at last + foresaw a dim and distant Ararat, and hailed the youth who + should yet ‘comfort him concerning his work and the toil of + his hands.’” + +When he was twenty-two, in 1696, young Watts became tutor to the +children of a wealthy friend of his family at Stoke-Newington, and +two years later, while thus employed, he preached his first sermon +on his twenty-fourth birthday as assistant to Dr. Chauncy, minister +of the Independent congregation in Mark Lane, London. In 1702 he +succeeded to Dr. Chauncy’s pastorate, taking full charge of the +congregation. But his frail health soon necessitated an assistant +with whom to share his burdens. + +In Dr. Watts’s congregation was Sir Thomas Abney and his family. Sir +Thomas was for many years an alderman of the city of London and at +one time its mayor. Dr. Watts in 1712, at the age of thirty-eight, +succumbed to the arduous tasks of his ministry and quite collapsed. +Lady Abney, ever alert in good works, took the worthy parson to +Theobalds, their country home at Stoke-Newington, for a few weeks’ +rest and fresh air. His visit has come down to us as a record for +length. The weeks sped on and then the years, and still he continued +a welcome and honored guest until his death thirty-six years after +his advent to that hospitable household. While under the sheltering +roof of Theobalds, Dr. Watts wrote several of his justly celebrated +works and in 1715 gave to the world the memorable volume of _Divine +Songs for Children_. In graceful acknowledgment of his guestship, he +dedicated that little book to Sarah, Mary and Elizabeth Abney, the +three daughters of Sir Thomas and Lady Abney. One of the two known +copies of the first edition of the _Divine Songs_ bears on the inside +of its front cover in Dr. Watts’s handwriting, “To Mrs. Elizabeth +Abney, I. W.” Of course Elizabeth, a child of eleven, was not “Mrs.” +in our present understanding of that term, but “Mistress”, used as an +expression of respect even to children at that time. + +This presentation copy has found a home in the sumptuous library of +the late J. Pierpont Morgan, and another first edition of one of +Dr. Watts’s books in that library is similarly inscribed to another +daughter of the Abneys’. + +The Morgan copy of the first edition of _Divine Songs_ was specially +bound in red morocco rather elaborately gold-tooled. This copy had +an interesting career before reaching its present resting-place. It +was picked up by a Nottingham bookseller with a handful of other +old books in a country house in 1902, at a cost of less than a +guinea for the lot. It had come down to its previous owner from +her great-grandfather, Meredith Townsend, co-pastor with Dr. Watts +at Stoke-Newington. The bookseller sold it to Mr. James Ward, a +collector of Nottingham, for about £30 and by him it was sold at +Sotheby’s, after spirited bidding, for £155 to Mr. Morgan’s agent. +The following Christmas, in a privately printed booklet, Mr. Ward +distributed to a few friends a most interesting history of this +little volume. + +In the thirteen pages of dedication which appears in the earlier +editions of the _Divine Songs_, Dr. Watts pays pleasing tribute to +the hospitality of the Abney family, beginning as follows: + + “My Dear Young Friends, Whom I am constrain’d to love + and honour by many Obligations. It was the generous + and condescending Friendship of your Parents under my + weak Circumstances of Health; that brought me to their + Country-Seat for the Benefit of the Air; but it was an + Instance of most uncommon Kindness, to supply me there + so cheerfully for two Years of Sickness with the richest + Conveniences of Life. Such a Favour requires my most + affectionate Returns of Service to themselves, and to all + that is dear to them; and meer Gratitude demands some + solemn and public acknowledgment.” + +The dedication then goes on to praise not only Sir Thomas and his +wife, but particularly their three daughters whose education Dr. +Watts superintended, and closes with the following benediction: + + “May the Blessings of his Right Hand more enrich you daily, + as your Capacities and your Years increase; and may he add + bountifully of the Favours of his Left Hand, Riches and + Honour. May his Grace make you so large a Return of all the + Kindness I have received in your Family, as may prevail + above the fondest Hopes of your Parents, and even exceed + the warmest Prayers of + Your most Affectionate + Monitor and Obliged + Servant, in the daily + Views of a future + World, + I. WATTS. + Theobalds, + June 18, + 1715.” + +This quaint dedication was omitted from those editions printed after +1750, but the preface, “To all that are concerned in the Education of +Children”, has persisted to this day in nearly every edition that has +come to my observation. This preface is addressed to “My Friends”, +and begins “It is an awful and important Charge, that is committed +to you. The Wisdom and Welfare of the succeeding Generation are +entrusted with you beforehand, and depend much on your Conduct.... +Verse was at first design’d for the Service of God, though it hath +been wretchedly abused since.... What is learnt in _Verse_, is +longer retained in Memory, and sooner recollected.... These _Divine +Songs_ may be a pleasant and proper Matter for their daily or weekly +Worship, to sing one in the Family, at such time as the Parents or +Governors shall appoint; and therefore I have confined the Verse to +the most usual Psalm Tunes. The greatest Part of this little Book +was composed several Years ago, at the Request of a Friend, who has +been long engag’d in the Work of Catechising a very great Number of +Children of all kinds, and with abundant Skill and Success. So that +you will find here nothing that savours of a Party: The Children +of high and low Degree, of the Church of _England_ or Dissenters, +baptized in Infancy, or not, may all join together in these Songs. +And as I have endeavoured to sink the Language to a Level of a +Child’s Understanding, and yet to keep it (if possible) above +Contempt; so I have design’d to profit all (if possible) and offend +none.” + +Then he closes with a reference to the _Moral Songs_ as follows: +“I have added at the End an Attempt or two of _Sonnets_ on _Moral +Subjects_ for Children, with an Air of Pleasantry, to provoke +some fitter Pen to write a little Book of them.” The earliest +record I have found of one so “provoked” is in the preface to Mrs. +Barbauld’s “Hymns in Prose, For Children”, published about 1775. +There she writes, “Among the number of Books composed for the use of +children, though there are many, and some on a very rational plan, +which unfold the system, and give a summary of the doctrines of +Religion, it would be difficult to find _one_ calculated to assist +them in the devotional part of it, except indeed _Dr. Watts’s Hymns +for Children_. These are in pretty general use; and the Author is +deservedly honoured for the condescension of his Muse; which is very +able to take a loftier flight.” + +It is not, however, until the early part of the nineteenth century +that I find a work in direct imitation of Dr. Watts’s little book. +Then in close sequence several volumes of verses for children +appeared, the authors of each of which acknowledged the impetus to +their muse from Dr. Watts’s preface. The first of these was “Moral +Songs for the Instruction and Amusement of Children Intended as a +Companion to Dr. Watts’ Divine Songs, by John Oakman and Others.” +This was published in London in 1802 by Darton and Harvey. The +preface states, “Whoever follows the manner of another who has been +happy in any particular way, however successful he may prove in his +labours, will only gain the servile name of an imitator. A man so +eminent as Dr. Watts has been in his Hymns and Moral Songs, for the +edification of children, it must be granted, there is little hope +of following with much success.... But as he declared himself there +is much room left to proceed in the same way, and has in a manner +exhorted others to pursue his ideas, the Author of this little book +hopes to be excused for the attempt if not applauded.” And surely +the author of these later “Moral Songs” is open to the accusation of +being a “servile imitator”, as witness one extract: + + + _Danger of Mispending Time_ + + How craftily the spider weaves, + And draws her slender threads! + Yet sudden chance her hopes deceives, + And spoils the net she spreads. + + Let me not spend my precious hours + In trifling works like these; + But still employ my active pow’rs + In what may truly please. + +The style well copied but the inspiration feeble and the moral hardly +deducible from the subject. A few years later, the Taylor sisters, +Jane, Ann, Mary and the rest of them, who had in 1803 been very +successful with their “Original Poems for Infant Minds”, published a +volume entitled “Hymns for Infant Minds”. These young women in their +preface acknowledge their indebtedness to Dr. Watts as follows: + + “The ‘Divine Songs’ of Dr. Watts, so beautiful, and + so universally admired, almost discourage, by their + excellence, a similar attempt; and lead the way, where it + appears temerity to follow. But as the narrow limits to + which he confined himself, excluded a number of useful + subjects, the following Hymns, though with much diffidence, + are presented to the public.” + +It was not long after the _Divine Songs_ rode into popularity on wave +after wave of editions that itching fingers began to busy themselves +with alterations and modifications of these simple and sincere +verses. As early as 1720 one Cobbin, a reverend doctor, conceived the +idea that the work would be more useful with Scripture references +appended to each song. So he forthwith lumbered up the little volume +with voluminous footnotes of references and comments, but thanks be, +the dear children could skip all this dry stuff. + +Then later the strong theology of some of the songs annoyed our good +friends the Unitarians and they, by the hand of one who modestly +subscribed herself on the title-page as “A Lady”, proceeded to take +the starch out of some of the more rigid ones, to sprinkle in a +little “probation after death” and entirely omit Song III, “Praise +to God for redemption through Jesus Christ.” That song was a bit +too Trinitarian for remodeling. Dr. Watts’s delightful preface is +omitted and a new preface setting forth the reasons for revision and +alteration, is substituted. This is signed “E. Y.” and dated November +17, 1785. + +This “Revised and Altered” form evidently proved popular, as a second +edition appeared in 1787, with an added note that “A large impression +of the first edition of these Hymns, Revised and Altered, having been +favorably received by the public, the editor has been encouraged to +give further attention to their improvement, and to cause them to be +printed in their present form.” The fair reviser was brave enough to +retain Song XI, “Heaven and Hell”, but replaced Dr. Watts’s second +stanza + + “There is a dreadful Hell, + And everlasting Pains, + Where Sinners must with Devils dwell, + In Darkness, Fire, and Chains.” + +with the following, much more comforting to a naughty world + + “There also is a future state, + Of Mis’ry, grief and pain; + Where wicked children long must wait, + And many years remain.” + +And in verse 4, Dr. Watts wrote + + “Lest I should be cut off Today, + And sent t’ eternal Death.” + +for the last line of which she has substituted + + “And suffer after death.” + +In the first verse of Song XII, “The Advantages of early Religion”, +Dr. Watts’s last line reads + + “The Road that leads to Hell.” + +and which our tender reviser changes to + + “The Road that leads to ill.” + +In Song XIII, verse 5, Dr. Watts wrote + + “One stroke of his almighty Rod, + Shall send young Sinners quick to Hell.” + +Our reviser changed the last line to read + + “May send young sinners to the grave.” + + “Jesus who reigns above the Sky, + And keeps the World in Awe,” + +are the first two lines of verse 2, Song XIV. These are changed to + + “Jesus tho’ now above the sky, + Belovèd by his God”. + +The last verse of Song XV begins + + “Then let me always watch my Lips, + Lest I be struck to Death and Hell.” + +The second line is altered to + + “And keep my Tongue from ill.” + +In verse 4 of Song XVII Dr. Watts wrote + + “The Devil tempts one Mother’s Son,” + +The revised edition reads + + “Passion, and Pride, may tempt each one”. + +From the revised version of Song XVIII, “Against Scoffing and calling +Names”, the reference to the children who scoffed Elisha is omitted +by dropping out verses 4 and 5, as follows: + + “When Children in their wanton Play, + Serv’d old Elisha so; + And bid the Prophet go his Way, + ‘Go up, thou Bald-head, go’; + + “God quickly stopt their wicked Breath, + And sent two raging Bears, + That tore them Limb from Limb to Death, + With Blood, and Groans, and Tears.” + +In Song XXIII, “Obedience to Parents”, verse 3 was originally written + + “What heavy Guilt upon him lies! + How cursèd is his Name! + The Ravens shall pick out his Eyes, + And Eagles eat the same.” + +has been softened to the following: + + “What heavy Guilt upon him lies! + How hateful is his Name! + Who thus his Parents shall despise, + Will bring Himself to Shame.” + +Listed among the _Divine Songs_ in the British Museum are the +following collateral items: “Divine Songs attempted in Easy Language. +(A sequel to Dr. Watts’s divine songs for children and schools.) +The Rake reformed in the House of Mourning. The Cottage Library of +Christian Knowledge etc. Vol. I.” 1806 (?) 8^{o}; and “A Supplement +to Dr. Watts’s Divine Songs for the use of Children, selected from +various authors. London.” 1820 (?) 12^{o}. + +From another source I find, “Essays adapted to Dr. Watts’ Divine +Songs. For the instruction of young people. By Rev. A. Scott. 13th +edition. London: Printed for Thomas Tegg. 1841. Illustrated.” + +In an edition published in Exeter, in 1812, entitled “Dr. Watts’s +Hymns for Children, Revised and Altered, so as to render them of +General Use”, the editor, who modestly signs himself “C”, explains +as follows: “Dr. Watts, in the Preface to his Divine and Moral Songs +for Children, says; ‘You will see here nothing that savours of a +party,’ nevertheless it cannot be denied, that, in several parts of +these Hymns, expressions do occur, which are objectionable to many +Christians; and which, there is reason to believe, the amiable and +excellent Author would have avoided, had he written them toward +the latter part of his life.” Our editor then goes on to state +which obnoxious weeds he has uprooted and what new flowers he has +transplanted from other gardens. Of some of the latter he says: “The +next five, Nos. 9 to 13, I have taken the liberty of inserting from a +very superior little publication, entitled ‘Hymns for Infant Minds’.” +But even here our editor must have a slap at the theology of the +gentle “Taylor sisters”, and which he does in the following terms, +throwing in a sop at the end to mitigate the bitter: “I cannot agree +with the respectable Authors in some of the opinions which their +Hymns express, because I do not think those opinions are the doctrine +of the Scriptures; but I have no hesitation in earnestly recommending +the book to all judicious Parents.” + +The inscriptions of presentation and ownership in some of the old +copies of the _Divine Songs_ are quaintly interesting. In one, +printed in Boston in 1759, is found on the reverse of the title-page +in almost illegible characters, “Bithrah norton | hur buk”, and then +follows several words entirely undecipherable. Lower down on the page +in a later and more readable hand is written, “Sarah Norton her | +Book God Give her Grace therein to look | and when the bells do | for +her tole Lord Jesus | Christ” ... and there the leaf is torn off. + +In a London copy of 1773, which is thumbed well-nigh to pieces, +the fly-leaf is inscribed in elaborate childish printing, “SAMUEL, +HOVEY. | JUNR: & LYDIA, HOVEY. | JUNR. our BOOK GIVEN | To us By the +Schoolmast | er of Buxton July y^{e} 21^{st} 1774”. Then on the inside +of the front cover there appears in a crabbed running hand, “To +Mehitabel | And Phebe Hovey | This with our Love to you | Both for +you to remem | ber us by | Sam^{ll} Hovey | and Lydia Hovey”; while +near the foot of the inside of the front cover is inscribed in shaky +childish characters, “_R_Ut_h_ S_h_oR_t_ | _h_eR _b_oo_k_ | _a_ge_d_ +_s_e_v_e_n_ | _y_e_a_R_s_”. So this little volume bears records of +what seem to be three generations of lovers of these old songs. + +The fly-leaf of a copy printed in London in 1779 bears the +inscription in bold, childishly printed letters covering the whole +page, “William | shErWood | MARCh 23 | 1788”. + +In another copy bearing a London imprint and dated 1780 is “William +Hayward his Book | Drayton | October 16 1782”, all written the long +way of the page and apparently by a grown person. Later William +himself took a hand and in an upper unoccupied corner scribbled +“William | Haywood | Drayton | Berks”. + +In another London copy, 1787, in a fine feminine hand, is written +“Catherine Wright | her book | The Gift of the | Rev^{d} Dr. Priestly”. + +Inside the back cover of a copy printed in New Haven, Conn., in 1809, +is pasted a presentation book-plate, home-made, and bearing a border +of vine and leaves in green, while within the border is inscribed in +a fine schoolmistress hand, “Hannah Kendall’s Book | given her by her +Instructress | as a reward of merit”. + +A Boston copy of 1818 was once “George T. Read’s Book | Presented to +him by his Aunt Eliza Read 1856 | Belfast”; doubtless Belfast, Maine. +But an avaricious member of the family, doubtless of a later and +degenerate descent, ruthlessly crossed off this inscription and wrote +the long way of the page and nearer its base, “Charlotte Read’s Book”. + +The only record I have encountered to indicate that the _Divine +Songs_ was used regularly as a Sunday School song-book occurs in +a copy dated “London 1828.” Pasted on the reverse of the title in +this book is a label headed “The Protestant Dissenters’ | Sunday +School, | at | Christchurch Meeting.” This heading is followed by a +number of Biblical quotations beginning with “Suffer little children, +etc.” Pasted inside the back cover is a similar label similarly +headed. Then we find this admonition: “No scholar in this School +to be allowed to swear, lie, nor fight;--nor to be disobedient to +Masters, Parents, or Guardians”, followed by more Scripture texts, +and finally, “Sabbath Schools are of the utmost importance when +judiciously conducted.” + +In another, a New Haven, Conn., copy, 1824, on the title-page +itself is written “Master George and Miss S. E. Derby | from their +affectionate mother | August 2^{d} 1826”. Lower down on the same page +and in the same hand appears, “Suffer little children to come | unto +me for of such is the kingdom of Heaven”. + +And lastly, a modern copy containing numerous, most delightful, +colored illustrations by Mrs. Arthur Gaskin, is inscribed by the +artist to the author of this essay--a cherished possession. + +Numerous memorials and biographies of Dr. Watts have been written +since his death, but perhaps the most elaborate and exhaustive was +published in London in 1914, written by Thomas Wright, the author of +several other biographies of notable men of the past. In this work +considerable space is devoted to a relation of the environment and +influence under which the _Divine and Moral Songs_ were written. Mr. +Wright very circumstantially tells the story of a visit, “apparently +in the spring of 1720”, by Dr. Watts to Hedingham Castle, Essex, the +home of Mr. Robert Ashhurst, who had married Lady Abney’s sister. Our +author states that some of the _Divine and Moral Songs_ were written +there during that visit. He further relates, “The pretty poem ‘How +doth the little busy bee’ was probably not only a kindly message +to children, but also a humorous compliment to the industry and +taste displayed by Mr. Ashhurst in restoring his house.” But alas! +in view of the fact that at least two copies of the first edition, +each plainly dated 1715, are in existence, and one of which I have +minutely examined, our credulity is a bit overtaxed by Mr. Wright’s +narrative; and we wish he had not been so detailed and particular in +his description of events and circumstances that could not possibly +have occurred prior to or in connection with the writing of the +_Divine Songs_. We also read in the preface to the first edition of +1715, “The greater part of this little book was composed several +years ago at the request of a friend.” + +The revised edition, first published in 1785, continued to appear +over a long period, and as late as 1803, in the _Guardian of +Education_, is found a scathing review of this emasculated work. +Mrs. Trimmer, the editor of the _Guardian_, had previously been +accused of having been the reviser, but she emphatically denies all +responsibility and unequivocally censures the editor for having so +radically changed the theology set forth by Dr. Watts in these small +hymns. She further remarks, “The Hosannas in Dr. Watts’s original +work, are perfectly agreeable to Scripture, and so impressive, +that we cannot reconcile ourselves to the exchange of them for Dr. +Clarke’s. Neither can we readily part either with the ‘Hymn of Praise +to God for Redemption’; or with ‘The Cradle Hymn’. However, as +Christians, we wish not to deprive those who are satisfied with this +mutilated edition of the edification it still affords; but let them +on their side allow to the children of the Church the full benefit of +the author’s pious labours.” + +In this same volume is reviewed a little book published by Darton & +Harvey, entitled “Moral Songs for the Instruction and Amusement of +Children, intended as a companion to Dr. Watts’s Divine Songs, by +John Oakman and others.” In reviewing this little work, Mrs. Trimmer +states, “Though Dr. Watts’s Divine Songs have excited many writers to +imitate them, they still remain unrivalled. No work of the kind that +we have yet met with, is worthy to be compared to them, for beauty of +composition and elegant simplicity of style.” + +Though a bit upsetting in chronological sequence, I cannot refrain +from referring here to another much later tribute by Mrs. S. C. Hall, +who in her “Pilgrimages to English Shrines” (Appleton, 1854), says of +Dr. Watts, “But after all, his popularity is based on the universal +knowledge of his Divine and Moral Songs; and never was popularity +more widely diffused, better merited or productive of more glorious +results.” + +Unscrupulous publishers continued to mutilate this little work, and +there are also some interesting differences between British and +American editions. In Song V as originally published God is praised + + “That I was born on British ground.” + +While in some of the American editions this form was retained, still +as early as 1799 in the Boston edition of Coverly it is changed to + + “That I was born on Christian ground.” + +In the Cambridge (U.S.) edition published by the trustees of +Phillips’ Academy, the last line of the fifth verse reads + + “Teach me thy goodness to admire.” + +while the original reads + + “Warn me to ’scape eternal fire.” + +The editor of this Cambridge edition fell into an error in the last +line of verse 1, Song XVI, that has persisted in many, many editions. +In the original this first verse reads: + + “Let Dogs delight to bark and bite, + For God hath made them so; + Let Bears and Lions growl and fight, + For ’tis their natures too.” + +The Cambridge error consisted in printing the last word of the verse +“to”. + +In many of the modern editions the old form “that” is changed to +“which”. + +The learned editor in Cambridge blundered in punctuation also. In +Song XV, verse 1, he inserted a comma in the last line after “all” +that quite destroys the sense; and again in the last line of verse 2, +Song XX, the comma inserted after “food” is worse than superfluous. + +Many publishers of juvenile books drew generously upon the storehouse +of the _Divine and Moral Songs_. In the 1781 Boston edition of +Janeway’s “Token for Children” are included Songs XII, XIII and XIV. +In “Choice Poetry” published at Derby, England, in 1835, are four of +the _Divine Songs_, two of the _Moral Songs_ and the Cradle Hymn. In +“Reading Made Easy” published by J. Weatherly, Berwick, about 1820, +under the general heading “Lessons in Verse”, are printed eight of +the _Divine Songs_. A number of editions of the _New England Primer_ +contain selections from the same source. + +Dr. Watts in his preface states that the _Divine and Moral Songs_ +were intended to be sung to well-known psalm tunes, but before the +end of the eighteenth century editions with special music began to +appear. In 1800 Dr. Jackson published an edition wherein words and +music were engraved throughout on copper plates. + +Although early in the eighteenth century many children’s books were +issued with illustrations, usually crude wood-cuts, I have been +unable to find an illustrated edition of the _Divine and Moral Songs_ +in England earlier than 1760 and in America earlier than 1773. In the +beginning of the nineteenth century illustrated editions were more +frequent, and one published in London in 1823 has an ornate folding +frontispiece in colors. With the revival of wood engraving between +1840 and 1850, there appeared a number of elaborately illustrated +editions with pictures by eminent artists. Perhaps the most +beautifully illustrated edition of this period was that published by +John Van Voorst in London. This appeared in 1848 and contains thirty +pictures drawn on the wood by C. W. Cope, A.R.A., and cut by John +Thompson. They are definitely illustrative of the text and are most +daintily conceived and executed. These illustrations were extensively +copied in later editions by other publishers, particularly in +America. The first issue of this edition contained on page 28 the +“Death Print” as a tailpiece to the song “Heaven and Hell”. This +picture was evidently too realistic and too fully illustrative of the +song, so it was promptly suppressed and replaced by one from a now +blank page farther on in the book. + +The size of the _Divine Songs_ has varied greatly, from the little +books published by Rusher of Banbury, 4½ by 2¾ inches, to the huge +volume 10¾ by 8½ inches, issued by Nisbet and Company, London. This +Nisbet edition is undated, but appears to have been published between +1870 and 1880, and is illustrated by such eminent artists as W. +Holman Hunt, George Du Maurier, H. K. Brown, Marcus Stone and others. +The pictures were reproduced by the “New Graphotype Engraving +Process”, apparently zinc etching. As early as 1810 selections from +the _Divine Songs_ with illustrations were engraved on copper and +arranged as a broadside school piece, the pictures being carefully +hand-colored. These “school pieces” were large sheets, 19 by 15 +inches, with a border of pictures and a blank space in the middle in +which the child wrote his “school piece” or composition. + +In 1855 an edition in book form was printed on cloth as an aid +to durability, while in 1849 an edition was issued with phonetic +spelling. Early in the nineteenth century “The Beggar’s Petition” +and “The Universal Prayer” were added and carried through numerous +editions. + +For many years following the first edition, this little book of songs +was of uniform size, carefully printed, well sewed, and bound in full +calf. It was a sturdy little volume and many copies of these early +editions have come down to us in excellent condition. + +A copy of the eighth edition, 1729, is cherished by its owner for the +following inscription on the fly-leaf, by the hand of Dr. Watts: + + “To My Dear Neece + Sarah Brackstone + I. W.” + +This Sarah was a daughter of Dr. Watts’s sister Sarah, who married +a Brackstone. Later, James Brackstone, a brother to Sarah the +daughter, was a London printer. The fifteenth edition of the _Divine +Songs_, 1739, was published by R. Hett and J. Brackstone, and the +sixteenth edition, 1740, bears Brackstone’s name alone, as publisher. +But alas, James proved a black sheep; in a letter written by Dr. +Watts in 1746 to his brother Enoch Watts, is the sad record that +James Brackstone was ejected from the church for “damning and cursing +in a shocking manner” his uncle Dr. Watts, and for declaring that he +would no longer be a member of his church. + +This presentation copy evidently soon descended to a younger member +of the family, as on the same fly-leaf that bears the inscription by +Dr. Watts is written in a childish hand, “Bety Brackstone Her Book +1730”, and on the fly-leaf at the back of the book appears “Bety +Brackstone, Her Book, God Give Grace therein to Look, but wen the bel +be gins to tole, Lord Jesus Christ reseive her Sole. A Men.” + +In the “English Primer” published by Mosley, Derby and London, about +1825, is printed the only rhyme directed to these songs, which I have +discovered. It is as follows: + + “What sweet-er book to me be-longs + Than Dr. Watts’s book of Songs? + O! I would learn them all the day, + I’m sure I love them more than play. + + “When I’m grown up,--yes, quite in age, + Still I shall love his plea-sing page; + Still I shall love the songs I sung, + That taught me good when I was young.” + +These verses, with a wood-cut above, occupy the whole of page 29. +The illustration is of a prig of a boy in chimney-pot hat, leaning +against a sun-dial in a garden. In the boy’s hands is the precious +volume which he is studiously perusing. + +A comparison of the _Divine Songs_ with other portions of Dr. +Watts’s writings reveals in many instances a correspondence in +subject-matter. The thought of Song XVIII, “Against scoffing and +calling names”, is used as part of one of his sermons; and Song XXII, +“Against pride in clothes”, appears in a slightly different dress +in another sermon. Song XXV, beginning “My God who makes the sun to +know”, is a simplified rendering of one of the hymns in his larger +hymn book. + +It is interesting to note that the _Divine and Moral Songs_ were not +composed during Dr. Watts’s youth, but after he had arrived at middle +life, a bachelor, a student and an invalid. It would not have been +surprising if he had at that time lost interest in children, even +if he did not find their company a burden. But his heart kept its +youthfulness, as the sweetness and simplicity of many of these songs +will testify, in spite of the rigid theology of others of them. And +so his Michaelmas summer brought up again the blossoms of spring and +wove therefrom a fragrant garland. + +One appreciative biographer, referring to the tender sentiments of +the Cradle Hymn, writes: “‘Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber’, +was written not by a young and loving mother bending over her baby +whom she all but stifles with kindness and kisses, but by a little +weazened retired bachelor, whose heart, however, was as warm, whose +ways were as gentle as those of the happiest and fondest mother.” + +The _Divine and Moral Songs_ was not by any means the only book for +children written by Dr. Watts. He was the author of several little +catechisms, graded from one for the smallest infants to others for +older children. In 1720 he published “The Art of Reading and Writing +English” and he also in 1725 wrote for the perusal of their elders, +“A Discourse on the Education of Children and Youth”; while in +1728 was issued his “Prayers Composed For the Use and Imitation of +Children, Suited to their different Ages and their various Occasions.” + +Editions of the _Divine Songs_ appeared in Dutch and Welsh and one +was printed in India in English. + +The largest collection in a public library is that in the British +Museum where there are eighty-seven specimens, the earliest being +a copy of the ninth edition, dated 1728. The Bodleian Library at +Oxford has examples of thirty-three editions while in this country +the Boston Public Library and the American Antiquarian Society of +Worcester, Mass., each has a dozen, and the library of the General +Theological Seminary in New York nearly as many. + +And so may this little book of appreciation renew, at least in a +few hearts, the love and memory of those dear, quaint and sometimes +frightful songs that contributed so much of entertainment and joy to +the lives of nearly two centuries of English-speaking children both +in the old world and the new. + + + VALE + + +[Illustration] + + + + + _Bibliographical Notes and Lists of Editions_ + + + + + _Bibliographical Notes_ + + +Although for several generations last past, the little book which +we are considering has been known as the _Divine and Moral Songs_, +it did not always bear this full title. Throughout the first +seventy-five years of its existence it was known simply as the +“Divine Songs”, in spite of the fact that during all that time the +book contained “a slight specimen of Moral Songs”, from two in the +earlier editions to the full complement of seven later. I have seen +no copies of the 13th, 14th or 15th editions, but the 16th edition +(1740) has the title extended by the following words: “With some +additional composures”, that being the first title-page reference +to the _Moral Songs_ which I have found. No copy, issued by the +regular publishers, so far as I have discovered, ever bore the words +“and Moral Songs”. The first occurrence of the _Moral Songs_ in the +title, which I find, is in an edition issued in London in 1785, +under the name of “Dr. Watts’s Hymns and Moral Songs for the use of +Children Revised and Altered ... By a Lady.” It is not until 1794 +that I find the now well-known title of _Divine and Moral Songs_. +The twenty-seventh edition (1795) is the last one which I find +bearing the number of the edition, although the book continued to be +published by the same people or their successors at least until 1821. + +From 1785 numerous editions appeared bearing the names of other +publishers and “Printed by permission of the Proprietors.” The first +edition emanating in Great Britain outside of London, which I have +found, was printed in Welsh at Caerfyrddin in 1771, and in 1776 an +edition was published from Salisbury in English. A few Dutch items +have been included in the British list. + +Substantially all of the editions which have come to my attention +have on their title-pages the quotation from Matt. XXI, 16, “Out of +the mouth of babes, etc.”, but in the following list of editions that +quotation is indicated in the interest of brevity, except in the +first edition, by a few dashes after the author’s name. Where not +so indicated, it is not necessarily to be inferred that it does not +so appear, but only that the writer has been unable to verify that +appearance. + +A date followed by a question-mark in parentheses indicates that the +date is doubtful or approximate. + +In the following list of editions various references are abbreviated +as follows: + + _A.A._ American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. + _B._ Private collection. + _B.A._ Boston Athenæum. + _B.M._ Library of the British Museum. + _B.H._ Bates Hall Public Library, Boston, Mass. + _Bod._ Bodleian Library, Oxford. + _B.P._ Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, N. Y. + _Bos._ Boston Public Library. + _Bro._ Brown University Library, Providence, R. I. + _Bry._ Bryson Library, Teachers College, New York. + _Conn._ Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, Conn. + _Esx._ Essex Museum, Salem, Mass. + _Evans._ American Bibliography by Chas. Evans, 1903. + _Gen._ Library General Theological Seminary, New York. + _Har._ Library of Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. + _Hild._ The Issues of the Press in Pennsylvania by Chas. + R. Hildeburn, 1885. + _L.C._ Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. + _L.I._ Long Island Historical Society, Brooklyn, N. Y. + _Lown._ The Bibliographer’s Manual of English Literature + by William Thomas Lowndes, London, 1869. + _New._ Newberry Library, Chicago, Ill. + _Nich._ Bibliography of Worcester (Mass.) by Chas. L. + Nichols, 1899. + _N.L._ Free Public Library, Newark, N. J. + _N.L.I._ National Library of Ireland, Dublin. + _NR._ indicates that no record of a copy has been found + by the compiler. + _N.Y._ New York Public Library. + _N.Y.His._ New York Historical Society, New York City. + _N.Y.S._ New York State Library, Albany, N. Y. + _O.P._ Private collection. + _Penn. His._ Historical Society of Pennsylvania. + _P.L._ Peabody Library, Baltimore, Md. + _Peq._ Pequot Library, Southport, Conn. + _S._ Author’s collection. + _Trum._ List of Books printed in Connecticut, 1709–1800, + by James Hammond Trumbull, Acorn Club, Hartford, + 1904. + _U.T._ Union Theological Seminary, New York. + _Wat._ Watkinson Library, Hartford, Conn. + _Yale._ Library of Yale University, New Haven, Conn. + + +[Illustration: FRONTISPIECE. + LORD, how delightful ’tis to see + A whole Assembly worship thee! + At once they sing, at once they pray; + They hear of Heav’n, and learn the Way.] + + + + + _The British Editions_ + + +Divine | Songs | Attempted in Easy Lan- | guage for the Use of | +Children. | By I. Watts. | Out of the Mouth of Babes and Sucklings +thou hast perfected | Praise. Matt. XXI: 16. | London: | Printed for +M. Lawrence at the Angel | in the Poultry. 1715. | pp. 72. 5⅞ × 3½; +Full leather. Copy sold at Sotheby’s, London, July 1902, for £155. +Now in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. Another copy was sold +at Sotheby’s, March 1907, for £55. + +Divine Songs, etc. 2nd edition. 1716. Only one copy known. + +Divine Songs, etc. 3rd edition. Printed by R. Ford at the Angel in +the Poultry. 1719. Copy sold at Sotheby’s, April 1911. Mor. ex. £1-7. +Third edition advertised at the back of The Psalms of David, etc., by +I. Watts. 3rd ed. London, John Clark and Rich. Ford. M.DCC.XXII. + +Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children. +London: R. Ford. 1720. 4th edition. Calf. 12^{o}. Copy offered by Maggs +Bros., London, 1909, £4-10. + +Divine Songs. Edited by I. Cobbin, London, 1720. 12^{o}. _Lown._ + +Divine Songs, etc. 5th edition. _NR._ + +Divine Songs, etc. 6th edition. _NR._ + +Divine Songs, etc. 7th edition. 1726 (?). Advertised in An Essay +Toward the Encouragement of Charity Schools, by I. Watts, London: +John Clark and Richard Hett. 1728. + +Divine | Songs | Attempted in easy language, for the Use of | +Children. | By I. Watts. | [Illustration] | The Eighth Edition. | +London: Printed for Richard Ford, at the An- | gel in the Poultry, +near Stocks-Market, 1727. | pp. XX + 52, 5¾ × 3¼, full calf. _S._ + +Divine Songs, etc. 9th edition. London: 1728. 12^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine Songs, etc. 10th edition. London: R. Ford, near Stocks-Market. +1729. Copy sold at Sotheran’s, April 1890, £1-2; at Christie’s, June +1898, Mor. ex. g. e., £1-8; at Sotheby’s, Feb. 1900, £1-16; offered +by Bull and Auvache, London, £2-12-6. + +Divine Songs, etc. 11th edition, 1731. _NR._ + +Divine Songs, etc. 12th edition. (?) London: R. Ford. 1733. 8^{o}. Copy +sold at Sotheby’s, June 1891. Mor. ex., £3-7-6. Copy sold in Hoe +Collection, N. Y., April 1911, Lev. mor. g. e., $15.00. + +Divine Songs, etc. 13th edition, 1735 (?). _NR._ + +Divine Songs, etc. 14th edition, 1737 (?). _NR._ + +Divine Songs, etc. 15th edition, 1739 (?). Fifteenth edition +advertised at the back of The Art of Reading and Writing English, 6th +ed. London, 1740, published by R. Hett and J. Brackstone at the Bible +and Crown in the Poultry. + +Divine Songs, etc. 16th edition, with some additional composures (a +Slight Specimen of Moral Songs). London: J. Brackstone, 1740. Small +12 mo. calf. Copy offered by Bull and Auvache, London, 1905. 15/-. + +Divine Songs, etc. 17th edition. _NR._ + +Divine Songs, etc. 18th edition. _NR._ + +Divine Songs, etc. 19th edition. _NR._ + +Divine Songs, etc. 20th edition. _NR._ + +Divine Songs, etc. The twenty-first edition with some additional +composures, 1752. Copy sold at Hodgson’s, Feb. 1905, mor. ex. g. e., +8^{o}, £2-2. + +Works of Isaac Watts. Edited by D. Jennings and P. Doddridge. London: +1753. 6 vols. 4^{o}. Vol. 4 contains the Divine Songs, for the use of +Children. _B.A._ + +Divine Songs, etc. 22nd edition. _NR._ + +Divine Songs, etc. 23rd edition. _NR._ + +Divine Songs, etc. 24th edition. _NR._ + +Divine Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language, | For the Use of | +Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | [Illustration] | The Twenty-fifth +Edition. | London: | Printed for T. Longman, F. Buckland, | and W. +Fenner, in Paternoster-row; | J. Waugh, in Lombard-street; E. Dilly, +in the Poultry; and T. Field, in Cheap- | side. M.DCC.LXI. | pp. xii ++ 60, 5¾ × 3¼, full calf. George II license facing title. _S._ + +Divine Songs, etc. 26th edition. _NR._ + +Divine | Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language, | For the Use of | +Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | [Illustration] | The Twenty-seventh +Edition. | London: | Printed for J. Longman; and J. Buck- | land, in +Pater-noster-row; J. Waugh, | in Lombard-Street; E. and C. Dilly, in +the | Poultry; and T. Field, in Cheapside. | M.DCC.LXV. | pp. x + 60, +5½ × 3⅛, full calf. _S._ + +I. Watts’ Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of +Children. London (176–), 18^{o}, Dutch boards. Quaint cuts. Offered by +Poynder, Reading, 1910, 15/-. + +Divine Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language | for the Use of | +Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | [Illustration] | London: | Printed +for H. Woodfall; J. Buckland; | J. and F. Rivington; T. Longman; | W. +Fenner; T. Field and | E. and C. Dilly. | M.DCC.LXIX. pp. xii + 58, +5⅝ × 3⅜. _S._ + +Caniadau Dwyfol (Divine Songs) Caerfyrddin, 1771. pp. 45, 12^{o}, in +Welsh. _B.M._ + +Divine Songs, Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children. +London: Printed for J. Buckland; J. and F. Rivington, etc. 1772. pp. +60, 5¾ × 3¼, George II license facing title. _Bry._ + +Divine | Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language | For the Use of | +Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | [Illustration]| London: | Printed for +J. Buckland; J. and F. Rivington; | T. Longman; W. Fenner; T. Field; +and | E. and C. Dilly. | MDCCLXXIII. | pp. xii + 58, 6 × 3½, boards. +_S._ + +Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children. +London: J. Buckland. 1774. pp. xii + 58, 8^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine | Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language | For the Use of +Children. | By I. Watts, D. D. | London: J. Buckland; J. and F. +Rivington, etc. MDCCLXXV. George II license facing title. _B.M._, _N. +Y._ + +Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language For the Use of Children. +Salisbury, 1776. 12^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language For the Use of Children. By +I. Watts, D.D. London: Printed in the year 1776. 12^{o}. No printer’s or +publisher’s name. Offered by Murray’s, Leicester, 1914, £2-10. + +Divine | Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language | For the Use of | +Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | [Illustration] | London: | Printed for +J. Buckland; J.F. and C. Rivington; T. Longman; W. Fenner; T. Field; +| and E. and C. Dilly. | MDCCLXXVII. | pp. xii + 60, 5⅜ × 3-3/16. +_B.M._, _S._ + +Divine | Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language | For the Use of | +Children | with Additions | by I. Watts, D.D. | London: | Printed, +and sold by all the Booksellers in | Town and Country. | MDCCLXXIX. | +pp. 58, 5½ × 3½, Dutch boards, half sheep. _S._ + +Divine | Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language | For the Use of | +Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. |[Illustration] | London: | Printed +for J. Buckland; J. F. and C. Rivington; | T. Longman; W. Fenner; T. +Field; | and C. Dilly. | MDCCLXXX. | pp. xii + 58, 5¾ × 3⅛, boards. +George II license facing title. _B.M._, _S._ + +Spiritual Lessons for Children to read, etc. Chiefly selected from +the Divine Songs of Dr. Watts. 1780 (?). 32^{o}. _B.M._ + +Horæ Lyricæ | Poems | Chiefly of the Lyric Kind, | etc. By I. Watts. +Pages 323–370 contain the Divine Songs. 6 × 3¾. No publisher, place +or date. 1780 (?). _S._ + +Divine | Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language | For the use of | +Children. | By I. Watts, D. D. |[Illustration] | London: | Printed +and sold by T. Moore, Pater-Noster Row | 1782. | pp. 60, 5 × 3⅜. + +The Poetical Works | of | Isaac Watts, D.D. | in seven volumes | +with the life of the Author. | Vol. VII | Edinburgh: | At the Apollo +Press, by the Martins | Anno 1782. | Pages 42–84 contain the Divine +Songs. 5 × 3. _Har._ + +Dr. Watts’s Hymns and Moral Songs for the use of Children. Revised +and Altered, etc. By a Lady. London: Printed by permission, etc. 1785 +(?). First edition, _NR._ See 2nd ed., 1787; 3rd ed., 1791. + +Divine Songs attempted in easy language for the use of Children. S. +Harward, Glocester, 1785. pp. xii + 58. 12^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine Songs for the use of Children, Coventry, 1787 (?), 12^{o}. _Bod._ + +Divine | Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language | For the use of | +Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. |[Illustration]| London: J. Buckland; +J. F. | and C. Rivington; T. Longman; T. Field; | and C. Dilly. | +MDCCLXXXVII. | pp. xii + 60, 5⅞ × 3½. _S._ + +Dr. Watts’s | Hymns | and | Moral Songs | for the use of | Children, +| Revised and Altered. | To which are added, Prayers | for the use of +| Children. | By a Lady. | The Second Edition. | Train up a child in +the way, etc. | London: | Printed by permission of the Proprietors, | +for J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul’s | Church-yard. MDCCLXXXVII. | pp. +xii + 70, 5⅝ × 3⅜. _S._ + +Divine Songs for Children, 1788. Comment on Watts’ Divine Songs by +Mrs. Trimmer. 1789. 12^{o}. Copy in old Eng. Mor. Gold tooled, G. E. +With portrait added, sold at Sotheby’s, May 1892, £4. + +Divine | Songs, | Attempted in | Easy Language, | for the use of | +Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | [Illustration] | Tamworth: | Printed +and sold by B. Shelton. | Price Six-Pence. 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Belfast: Printed by W. Magee. M,DCC,XCI. pp. vi + 41. Small +8^{o}. _Bos._ + +Dr. Watts’ Hymns and Moral Songs for the use of Children; Revised +and Altered by a Lady (E.Y.): to which are added Prayers.... Third +edition. London, 1791. 12^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine | Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language | For the Use of | +Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | [Illustration] | Derby: | John Drewry +| M,DCC,XCII. | Price Six-pence, bound. | pp. 72, 6¼ × 3¾, boards, +half leather. _Bod._, _S._ + +Dr. Watts’ Divine and Moral Songs for Children. Revised and altered +so as to render them of general use. To which are added, etc. London: +J. Johnson 1792 (?). 2nd ed. _NR._ + +Dr. Watts’ Divine and Moral Songs for Children: Revised and Altered +so as to render them of general use. To which are added a short +Catechism and Prayers. Third Edition. 1794. London: Printed by +permission of the Proprietors. For J. Johnson. No. 72, St. Paul’s +Church-yard Sq. 18^{o} calf, with a fine series of wood-cuts. Offered by +Burman, Alnwick, Aug. 1914, £2.10. + +Poetical works of Isaac Watts, to which is prefixed the life of the +author (by R. Anderson) Edinburgh: 1794. 8^{o}; contains the Divine and +Moral Songs. _P.L._ + +Divine | Songs | Attempted in Easy Language | for the use of | +children | by I. Watts, D.D. | [Illustration] | London: | Printed +for J. Longman, C. Dilly, and F. and C. Rivington. MDCCXCVI. pp. xii ++ 60. Preliminary leaf bears notice of purchase of copyrights by +Buckland, Waugh, etc. Copy offered by Gorfin, London, Sept. 1914, 7/6. + +Watts’s Hymns for Children, complete with prayers. 1796 (?). Price +1½d, or 6/- per 100. Offered on the last leaf of The Shepherd of +Salisbury Plain. Marshall, London, January 1796. Cheap Repository and +S. Hazard, Bath. + +Divine Songs attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children. +London, 1799. 12^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine Songs.... To which are added the Principles of the Christian +Religion ... by Philip Doddridge, also a collection of instructive +and entertaining poems. Kidderminster. 1800 (?). 12^{o}. _B.M._ + +Watts’ Divine Songs. Alnwick and Glasgow. 1800 (?). Woodcuts. Offered +by Tregaskis, London, July 1916. + +Divine Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language | For the Use of | +Children | By I. Watts, D.D. | Adorned with Thirty-seven elegant Cuts +| To which is added | The Beggar’s Petition | and the | Universal +Prayer. | London, Gower & Pennell, Kidderminster. | 1800 (?). pp. 71, +5⅝ × 3¾, half leather. _S._ + +Divine Songs attempted in Easy Language. Society for Promoting +Christian Knowledge. London. 1800. 12^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine | Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language | For the | Use of +Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | [Illustration] | To which are added, +| The Beggar’s Petition, Prayers, etc. | Wellington: | Printed +and sold by J. Bishop. | Sold also by all Booksellers in Town and +Country. | Price six pence. | 1800 (?). pp. 48, 6⅛ × 3⅞. Frontispiece +of church interior with verse beneath. Paper covers. Title in oval +wreath on front cover. _S._ + +Divine Songs attempted in Easy Language. Coventry, 1800 (?). 12^{o}. +_B.M._ + +Divine Songs attempted in Easy Language. Bath, 1800 (?). 12^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine | Songs | Attempted in Easy Language | For the use of +Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | [Illustration] | Gainsborough | +Printed by H. Mosley, Market Place. | Price six pence. | 1801 (?). +pp. 72, 5¼ × 2¾, Dutch boards, gilt. Frontispiece and numerous cuts +in text. Cuts signed “W.G.” (William Green?); that on page 23 signed +“W.G. Hull 1801.” _S._ + +Divine Songs attempted in easy language for the use of Children. +Mission Press: Serampore. 1801. pp. 88, 16^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine Songs for Children by Isaac Watts. York: Edw. Peck. Lower +Ousegate. 1802 (?). Offered on the last leaf of The Magic Lantern, +York, Edw. Peck, Lower Ousegate. 1802. + +The | Poetical Works | of | Isaac Watts, D.D. | in seven volumes. +London: Apollo Press. George Cawthorn. No. 132, Strand. 1802. 5 × 3. +Vol. VII, pp. 42–84, contains the Divine Songs. _N.Y._ + +Divine Songs | for | Children. | By Isaac Watts, D.D. | London. | +Printed and Sold by Darton and Harvey, | Grace Church Street | 1802. +| Price six pence. | pp. 60, 4⅝ × 3¼, marbled paper. Eighteen half +page copperplate illustrations in the text. _N.Y._ + +Dr. Watts’s Divine and Moral Songs for Children.... To which are +added a short Catechism and Prayers. Fourth edition. London: J. +Johnson. 1803. pp. ix + 96, 12^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine Songs for the use of Children. York, 1804. Dutch boards. +Wood-cuts. Copy sold at Sotheby’s, Jan. 11, 1899. + +Divine Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language | for the use of | +Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | [Illustration] | London: Printed for +F. & C. Rivington; J. Scatcherd; | Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme; | +and G. Mowman; | By Bye and Low, St. John’s Square. Clerkenwell. | +1805. | pp. 75, 5½ × 3¼. Item No. 5 of Vol. XII of a set issued by +the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge. _B.M._, _Gen._ + +Divine | Songs | Attempted | in Easy Language | For | The Use | of +| Children | By I. Watts, D.D. | [Illustration] | Ornamented with +cuts. | A new edition. | London: | Printed for Houlston and Son, | +65, Paternoster Row, and at Wellington, Salop. | Price six pence. | +1805 (?). pp. 72, 5⅜ × 3, boards. Frontispiece of the interior of +a church; cut at the head of each song. Front cover bears title in +decorative border. + +Watts’ Divine Songs, 1805 (?), 32^{o}, without cuts, price 2d; +advertised on rear cover of above item. + +Select Songs for Children.... By Isaac Watts, the Rev. Mr. Foxton and +other eminent divines. Dublin: J. 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Copperplate +frontispiece by Stothard, “Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber.” +_N.Y._ + +Divine Songs attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children. +Society for promoting Christian Knowledge. Vol. XII. 1807. 12^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language | For the Use of | +Children | By I. Watts, D.D. | [Illustration] | Printed for F. and +C. Rivington; J. Scatcherd | and Letterman; Longman, Hurst, Rees +and | Orme; and J. Mowman; | By Law and Gilbert, St. John’s Square, +Clerkenwell. | 1808. | pp. 72, 5⅜ × 3¼. _S._ + +Dr. Watts’s Divine Songs, in a small size and type. To which is +added, The Principles of the Christian Religion, Doddridge. 6d. 1808 +(?). Offered on back leaf of previous item. + +Songs Divine and Moral. A new edition revised by J. Owen. London, +1809. 16^{o}. _B.M._ + +Watts’ Divine Songs for the Use of Children, etc. Richmond: T. +Bowman. 1810 (?). pp. 35. _B.M._ + +Select songs for Children. By I. Watts, D.D., the Rev. Mr. Foxton and +other eminent Divines. Dublin: John Gough. 11th ed. _N.R._ + +Select | Songs | for | Children | in three parts | .... | By I. +Watts, D.D., the Rev. Mr. Fox- | ton, and other eminent Divines. +| .... | The Twelfth Edition | Corrected and Enlarged. | Dublin: +Printed by John Gough, No. 20, Meath-Street. | 1810 | Price 8d, half +bound. | pp. 108, 5⅛ × 3¼. Half sheep. _S._ + +Watts’s Divine Songs. Published May 24, 1810, by R. Harrild, 20, +Great Eastcheap. Broadside 19 × 15 (School piece), eight copperplate +illustrations, carefully hand-colored. _S._ + +Divine Songs. London, 1810. Post 8^{o}. Copy sold in Daly sale, Amer. +Art Galleries, March 1900, $5.50. Mor. g. e., portrait by Bartolozzi +inserted. + +Divine Songs, attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children. +Adorned with appropriate wood-cuts by T. Bewick. York: Thomas Wilson +and Son, 1810. pp. 64. 5 × 2½. _Bry._ + +Divine and Moral Songs. York: R. Burdikin. 12^{o}, illustrated. 1810 +(?). Offered by Tregaskis, London, Aug. 1912. + +Watts’ Divine Songs for Children. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. +Tweeddale Court. With neat embellishments. 6^{d}. 1810 (?). pp. 36, 5½ × +3½. Offered at back of “A Budget of Juvenile Stories for Children.” +Edinburgh. Oliver and Boyd. + +Divine | and | Moral Songs | In Easy & Pleasing Language | For the +Instruction of Children | By Isaac Watts, D.D. | Illustrated with +forty fine cuts | London: Edward Lacey, 76, St. Paul’s Churchyard. | +And all booksellers. | 1810 (?). pp. 70, 5¼ × 3¼, boards. _S._ + +Divine and Moral Songs for the use of Children. London: W. Darton, +1812. pp. 70, 12^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine Songs attempted in easy Language for the use of children. +London: Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington; J. Scatcherd and +Letterman; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown; and J. Mowman. 1812. +_Yale._ + +Divine Songs attempted in Easy Language, with appropriate wood-cuts +by T. Bewick of New Castle. York: T. Wilson. 1812. 12^{o}. Copy sold at +Sotheby’s, February 1906, £2-2. _Bod._ + +Dr. Watts’s | Hymns for Children, | Revised and Altered, | so as +to render them of general use: | To which are now added | Hymns | +And other religious poetry | For Children, | By Dr. Doddridge, &c. +| A new edition. | Exeter: | Printed and Sold by T. Besley, | Sold +also by J. Johnson and Co., London; | P. Hedgeland, Exeter; Rees and +Curtis, Plymouth; and J. Belcher, | Birmingham. | 1812. | pp. 52, 6⅜ +× 3⅞. _S._ + +Works of Isaac Watts. London: 1812–13. 9 vols. 8^{o}. Vol. 9 contains +the Divine Songs for Children. _B.H._ + +Dr. Watts’s | Divine Songs, | For | Children. | Banbury: | Printed +and Sold by J. G. Rusher, | Bridge-Street. | Price One penny. | +1814 (?). pp. 16, numbered 2–18. 3½ × 2¾. Blue paper wrappers. +Frontispiece on inside front cover. Cuts on outside front and back +covers. Copy (with another Vol., Moral Songs) sold at Bangs, N. Y., +May 1900, $4.50. _B.M._, _Bos._, _Bod._, _S._ + +Dr. Watts’s | Moral Songs, | For | Children. | Banbury: | Printed and +sold by J. Rusher, | Bridge-Street. | Price One Penny. | 1814 (?). +pp. 16, numbered 2–18. 3½ × 2¾. Gray paper wrappers. Frontispiece on +inside front cover. Cuts on outside front and back covers. _S._ See +note on previous item. + +Divine Songs in easy language, etc. Glasgow: J. Lumsden and Son. +1814. pp. 30, 32^{o}. _B.M._, _Bod._ + +An analysis of Dr. Watts’s Hymns for Children, upon the interrogative +or catechetical plan. For the use of schools. Liverpool: Published by +H. Greenough. 1814. _Yale._ + +Divine and Moral Songs for Children. With the Beggar’s Petition. +London. Ilminster. 1814 (?). 24^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine Songs in Easy Language for the Use of Children. By I. Watts. +Edinburgh: G. Ross. 1814 (?). Offered by Burman, Alnwick, Sept. 1912. + +Divine Songs attempted in easy language for Children. Wellington: +Houlston, 1815 (?), cuts. Offered by Burman, Alnwick, July 1912, 2/-. + +Caniadau Duwiol (Divine Songs) Crefyddol: 1815 (?). In Welsh. 12^{o}. +_B.M._ + +Divine and Moral | Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language | For the +Use of | Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | [Illustration] | Beverley: +Printed by M. Turner, | For Messrs. Crosby and Co., London; | G. +Turner, Hull; and M. Turner, Beverley. | 1815. | pp. 54, 5⅜ × 3½, +half sheep, frontispiece and cuts in text. _S._ + +Divine | and | Moral Songs, | for | Children. | By Isaac Watts, D.D. +| Stereotype edition. | London: | Printed for E. Cox and Son, | St. +Thomas’s Street, Borough. | 1815. | pp. 64, 4 × 2½, full sheep. _S._ + +Divine Songs, etc. London: 1816. 12^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine and Moral Songs. Derby: R. Miller. 1816. 8^{o}. Engraving above +each song. Offered by Burman, Alnwick, July 1912. + +Divine Songs attempted in Easy Language for the use of Children. +London: Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington. 1818. _Yale._ + +Divine and Moral | Songs | Attempted | in Easy Language | For The +| Use of Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | London: | Printed and +sold by J. Innes, 61, Wells St. | Oxford Street; | and may be had +at all booksellers. | Price Sixpence. | 1820 (?). pp. 36, 5½ × 3½, +frontispiece; stiff paper covers. _O.P._ + +Divine Songs for Children, Reading: J. Rusher. 1820 (?). pp. 48, 16^{o}. +_B.M._ + +Divine Songs in easy language, for Children. London: J. Evans. 1820 +(?). 12^{o}. _B.M._ + +Watts’s Divine Songs. Glasgow. 1820 (?). 16^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine and Moral Songs, Attempted in easy language for the use of +Children. London: J. Catnach. 1820 (?). pp. 12, 12^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine and Moral Songs.... With engravings. Devizes: J. Harrison. +1820 (?). pp. 48, 12^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine Songs for the use of Children. Devizes. 1820 (?). 8^{o}. _Bod._ + +A | Specimen | of | Moral Songs | Adapted to | The Capacities of | +Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | Chelmsford: | Printed and sold by I. +Marsden. | Price one Penny. | 1820 (?). pp. 16, 4⅜ × 2⅝, gray paper +covers. _S._ + +Divine and Moral | Songs | For the | Use of Children. | By I. Watts, +D.D. | [Illustration] | London: | William Darton, 58, Holborn-Hill. +| Opposite Ely Place. | 1821. | Price six pence. | pp. 72, 5⅝ × 3¼; +frontispiece and numerous large cuts in text, including a hanging to +illustrate moral song No. 3, “The Thief.” _S._ + +Divine & Moral | Songs, | in easy language. | By Isaac Watts, D.D. +| A New Edition, | Embellished with beautiful engravings, | from +new designs. | London: | Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Jay, | +Paternoster Row. | 1821. | Price six-pence. | pp. 72, 4⅝ × 3, paper +covers. Frontispiece and cut on title; also 36 cuts in text. + +Divine Songs attempted in easy language for the use of Children. +London: Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington. 1821. _Yale._ + +Divine Songs for the use of Children. London. 1822 (?). 8^{o}. _Bod._ + +Divine and Moral Songs in Easy Language for the Use of Children. R. +Franly. 1823. 12^{o}, paper covers. Folding colored frontispiece in six +sections. Copy sold at Sotheby’s, Feb. 1911, £2-5. + +Divine Songs, | Attempted in | Easy Language, | By I. Watts, D.D. | +[Illustration] | London: Sold by C. S. Arnold, | Tavistock-Street, +Covent Garden. | 1825. | Price six pence. | pp. 72, 5½ × 3⅜, +frontispiece and cuts in text, stiff paper covers, border and cut on +cover. _Bod._, _S._ + +Divine Songs for children. Adorned with 38 elegant cuts, to which is +added the Beggar’s Petition and Universal Prayer. London, 1825. Small +pott 8^{o} half leather. Copy offered by Gorfin, London, Oct. 1914. + +Divine Songs for the use of Children. Epping, 1825 (?). 8^{o}. _Bod._ + +Divine | and | Moral Songs | for | Children. | By Isaac Watts, D.D. +| with | Brief notes appended to each hymn, | by | A minister of the +gospel. | Birmingham: | Printed for Thomas Groom, | Islington Row. +| 1825 (?). pp. 54, 5⅝ × 3⅝, stiff paper covers. Title on cover in +mortised cut, apparently by Bewick. _Yale_, _S._ + +Songs, | Divine and Moral | By Isaac Watts, D.D. | To which is added +| A memoir of the Author. | Embellished with sixty engravings on wood +| [Illustration] | London: | Published by W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, +Stationers’ Hall Court, Ludgate Street; | J. Johnson, Brook Street, +Holborn; and sold by all booksellers. | 1826. | pp. iv + vi + vi + +88, 7½ × 3¾, boards. Frontispiece portrait and cut at head of each +song. _B.M._, _S._ + +Canan Duwiol (Divine Songs) Llundain: 1826. In Welsh. 24^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine and Moral | Songs, | Attempted in Easy Language, | for the | +Use of Children: | By I. Watts, D.D. | Derby: | Printed for and by | +Thomas Richardson, Friar-Gate; | and for | Hurst, Chance and Co., | +65 St. Paul’s Church-yard, London. | 1827. | pp. 70, 5½ × 3½, picture +boards. Frontispiece and small wood-cuts in text. _S._ + +Divine Songs | Attempted In | Easy Language | For the use of +Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | Adorned with thirty-eight elegant +cuts. | To which is added, | The Beggar’s Petition, and the Universal +Prayer. | London: | Thomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside. | 1828. | pp. 72, 5¼ +× 3½, boards, half leather; frontispiece and numerous cuts in text. +_S._ + +An Explanation of Dr. Watt’s Hymns for Children, in question and +answer. By a Lady. (Mrs. Cockle, with the text). London: First +edition. _NR._ See 3rd ed. 1829; 4th ed. 1836. + +An Explanation of Dr. Watt’s Hymns for Children, in question, etc. +Second edition. _NR._ + +An Explanation of Dr. Watt’s Hymns for Children, in question and +answer. By a Lady. (Mrs. Cockle, with the text). Third edition: +London. 1829. 8^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine and Moral Songs. Derby, 1830 (?). 12^{o}. _B.M._ + +Watts’s | Divine Songs, | attempted in | Easy Language | For the +Use of Children. | John and Charles Mozley. | Derby: | Price One +Penny. | 1830 (?). pp. 32, 4⅛ × 2⅝, paper covers, cut on front cover, +frontispiece, and vignette on title. _S._ + +Watts’s | Divine Songs, | attempted in | Easy Language | For the Use +of Children. | London: John and Charles Mozley, | 6, Paternoster Row. +| Price One penny. | 1830 (?). pp. 32, 4⅛ × 2⅝, paper covers, cut on +front cover, small frontispiece, and vignette on title. _S._ + +Watts’ Divine Songs. Offered on back of “The English Primer” +published by John and Charles Mozley, Derby and Paternoster Row, +London. 1830 (?); price 1^{d} [see item above], 2^{d} and 6^{d} each. + +Divine and Moral Songs in Easy Language. Religious Tract Society, +London: 1830 (?). The First Series, Tracts etc. No. 5, 12^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine and Moral Songs. London: 1830. 18^{o}. 2/0. _Lown._ + +Divine Songs for the use of Children. London: 1830 (?). Printed from +copper plates. _Bod._ + +Divine Songs, | In | Easy Language | For | Children. | By I. Watts, +D.D. | [Illustration] | London: | Printed and Sold by | J. Evans, | +42, Long Lane, West Smithfield. | Price six-pence. | 1830 (?). pp. +68, 5¼ × 3½, picture boards. Frontispiece and crude cuts in text. +Vignette on title by Bewick. _S._ + +Songs, Divine and Moral, For the Use of Children, by Isaac Watts. +1832. 12^{o}, boards. Illustrated by Stothard. Lowndes says “London: +Tilt, fcp. 8^{o} 1832.” Copy offered by Hollings, London, 1910, 2/-. + +Dr. Watts’ Divine and Moral Songs, improved. With an appendix, etc. +Newcastle. 1832. 12^{o}. _B.M._, _Bod._ See 2nd ed. 1834; 3rd ed. 1839. + +Dr. Watts’ Divine and Moral Songs improved ... with an appendix. By +John Scott. The second edition, etc. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1834. 12^{o}. +_B.M._, _Bod._ + +Divine and Moral | Songs For Children. | By Isaac Watts, D.D. | +London: | Religious Tract Society; | Instituted 1799; | Sold at the +Depository, 56, Paternoster Row; and | By the booksellers. | 1834. +| pp. 72, 5½ × 3½, half leather. Vignette on title and numerous +excellent wood-cuts in text. _S._ + +Dr. Watts’s Divine and Moral Songs. Illustrated by Anecdotes and +Reflections by the Rev. Ingram Cobbin. London: Dean and Son. 1st +edition. _NR._ See 1835 (?). + +Dr. Watts’s | Divine and Moral Songs, | for | Children. | Illustrated +by Anecdotes and Reflections by the Rev. Ingram Cobbin, M.A. | +Embellished with beautiful wood-cuts. | New edition, | London: | +Dean and Son, Ludgate Hill. E.C. | 1835 (?). pp. 136, 5½ × 3½, green +cloth. _Bos._, _S._ + +Divine and Moral Songs. Llundain. 1836. 24^{o}. In Welsh. _B.M._ + +An Explanation of Dr. Watts’ Hymns for Children, in question and +answer. By a Lady. (Mrs. Cockle, with the text). Fourth edition. +London: 1836. 12^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine and Moral Songs for Children. London: Religious Tract Society. +1837, small 8^{o}, illustrated, half calf. Offered by Gorfin, London, +Oct. 1914. + +Divine Songs for Children. Edited by J. G. Pike. London: Thomas +Richardson and Son, 26, Paternoster Row. 1837 (?). Offered on back of +Mavor’s Improved Spelling Book. London: Thomas Richardson and Son, +26, Paternoster Row, @ 6^{d}, 3^{d}, 2^{d}, and 1^{d} each. + +Divine and Moral Songs for Children. In “Hymns, Original and +Selected, by John Radcliffe, 1838.” 16^{o}. _B.M._ + +Dr. Watts’s Divine and Moral Songs.... Improved; with a large +appendix, by J. Scott. Now an almost entirely new work. Third +edition, etc. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1839. 12^{o}. _Lown._, _B.M._, _Bod._ + +Divine and Moral Songs. London: Houlson, 1839. Fcp 8^{o}, plates, 2/6. +_Lown._ + +Divine and Moral Songs, new edition. To which are added prayers, etc. +London: 1840 (?). 16^{o}. Frontispiece and numerous wood-cuts. _B.M._, +_S._ + +Divine Songs | Attempted in Easy Language | For the Use of Children. +| By Isaac Watts, D.D. | [Illustration] | New edition. | London: | +Printed for the | Society for promoting Christian Knowledge; | Sold +at the Depository, | Great Queen Street, Lincoln’s Inn Fields; | and +by all booksellers. | [55] 1840. | pp. 68, 5⅜ × 3½, half leather, +picture boards. Society’s seal on title page. 8 wood-cuts in text. +_S._ + +Divine and Moral Songs for Children. London: The Religious Tract +Society. 1841. Illustrated. _Yale._ + +March’s | Library | of Instruction and Amusement. | Watts’ | Divine +and Moral | Songs | -9- | Price six-pence | Printed and Published by +J. March | 5, Great Charlotte Street, Blackfriars’ Road. | 1844 (?). +pp. 16, 9½ × 6, printed on one side of leaves only. Title on outside +front cover; 21 carefully colored wood-cuts. _S._ + +Divine and Moral Songs. Set to music by Mrs. Brent. London; 1846 (?). +Royal 8^{o}. 1st ed. (?). _Bod._ (See 1848.) + +Divine Songs | Attempted in Easy Language | For the Use of Children. +| By Isaac Watts, D.D. | [Illustration] | London: | Printed for | The +Society for promoting Christian Knowledge | Sold at the Depository, | +Great Queen Street, Lincoln’s Inn-Fields, and 4 Royal Exchange; | and +by all booksellers. | [55] 1847. | pp. 72, 5½ × 3½, red silk boards. +Seal of Society on title page. Many excellent wood-cuts; some signed +“Whimper.” _S._ + +Dr. Watts’ | Divine & Moral Songs, | Set to Music, | And adapted +expressly for the use | of children. | By | Mrs. Brent. | London. +| Sold by Houlston & Stoneman. | Paternoster Row; | & other +Booksellers. | 1848. | Ent. Sta. Hall. | pp. 80, 10¼ × 7. From +engraved plates throughout. _Bod._, _Lown._, _S._ + +Divine and Moral | Songs | For | The Use of Children. | By | Isaac +Watts, D.D. | With thirty illustrations | Drawn on the wood by C. +W. Cope, A.R.A. | and | Engraved by John Thompson. | London: | John +Van Voorst, Paternoster Row. | MDCCCXLVIII. | pp. 94, 8½ × 6¼, paper +covered boards. L.p. uncut. First issue carrying the “death print” +on page 28. Later issue, same date, had the death print replaced by +the wood-cut from page 74. First issue, _B.M._ Later issue, _S._ + +Divine and Moral | Songs | For | The Use of Children. | By | Isaac +Watts, D.D. | With thirty illustrations | Drawn on the wood by C. W. +Cope, A.R.A., | and | Engraved by John Thompson. | London: | John Van +Voorst, | Paternoster Row. | MDCCCXLVIII. | pp. 94 + 4 adv. 8⅛ × 5½, +cloth, g.e. Small paper edition of preceding item. _B.M._, _Bod._, +_A.A._, _S._ + +Divine and Moral Songs. London: 1848. 18^{o}, ⅙. _Lown._ + +Divine and Moral Songs. London: (Bath printed) 1849. 16^{o}. Printed in +phonetic characters. _B.M._ + +Divine Songs for the use of Children. London: 1849, 8^{o}. _Bod._ + +Divine and Moral | Songs | For | The Use of Children | By | Isaac +Watts, D.D. | with thirty illustrations | Drawn on the wood by C. W. +Cope, A.R.A., | and | Engraved by John Thompson. | London: | John Van +Voorst, Paternoster Row. | M.DCCCL. | pp. 94 + 8 of adv., cloth, 8⅛ × +5½. + +Divine Songs | Attempted in Easy Language | For the Use of Children. +| By Isaac Watts, D.D. | [Illustration] | London: | Society for +Promoting Christian Knowledge; | Sold at the Depositories; | 77, +Great Queen Street, Lincoln’s Inn Fields; | 4, Royal Exchange; 16, +Hanover Street, Hanover Square; | And by All Booksellers. | 1850 (?). +No. 55. | pp. 72, 5½ × 3½. Frontispiece and numerous wood-cuts. _S._ + +Divine Songs for the use of Children. London: 1852. 8^{o}. _Bod._ + +Divine and Moral Songs | for | Children. | by the | Rev. Isaac Watts, +D.D. | Illustrated by anecdotes and reflections, | by the | Rev. +Ingram Cobbin, M.A. | Embellished with beautiful wood-cuts. | London: +| Arthur Hall, Virtue and Co., | 25, Paternoster Row, | and all +booksellers. | 1852. | pp. 136 + 18 of adv., 5½ × 3½, cloth with gold +lettering. See 1835. _S._ + +New and revised edition of Dr. Watts’s Divine and Moral Songs ... by +J. G. C. Fussell. London: 1852. 18^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine Songs. London: 1854(?). 32^{o}. _B.M._ + +Twenty-eight Divine Songs for the use of Children. Dublin: 1855 (?). +48^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine and Moral Songs. Low, London: 1855. 12^{o}, printed on cloth. +_Lown._ + +Watts’s Divine and Moral Songs. Edinburgh: 1855 (?). 12^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine and Moral Songs. London: Birmingham: 1855 (?). 32^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine and Moral Songs. London: 1856. 8^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine and Moral Songs. Warde and Locke. London: 1857. 12^{o}. _B.M._, +_Lown._ + +Divine Songs for the use of Children. London: 1857. 8^{o}. _Bod._ + +Divine and Moral Songs. Edinburgh and New York. 1857. 12^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine and Moral | Songs. | For | Children | By the | Rev^{d} Isaac +Watts, D.D. | London. | George Routledge & Co., Farrington St. | 1860 +(?). Designed title with vignette of Dr. Watts. Frontispiece and +numerous wood engravings in text, all by Dalziel. pp. 96, 6⅜ × 3¾. +_N.Y._, _S._ + +Divine and Moral Songs. Same as above except printed throughout on +cloth. _S._ + +Divine Songs. London: 1860 (?). 12^{o}. _B.M._ + +Moral Songs and Hymns. Illustrated by ten beautiful coloured +engravings. (On cards). 1861 (?). 12^{o}. _B.M._ + +Dr. Watts’s Divine and Moral Songs. F. Goodchilds’ Little Library. +1861 (?). 8^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine and Moral Songs. Religious Tract Society. London: 1861. 12^{o}, +colored plates. _Lown._ + +Divine and Moral Songs.... The music composed and adapted for +Children’s voices. By E. Thorne. London: 1864. 8^{o}. _B.M._, _Bod._ See +1870 (?). + +Divine and Moral | Songs for Children. | By Isaac Watts, D.D. | +London: Religious Tract Society; | Instituted 1799 | Sold at the +depository, 56, Paternoster Row, and 65, St. Paul’s Church-yard; | +and by the Booksellers. | 1865 (?). pp. 72, 5½ × 3⅜, half leather. +Illustrated with excellent wood engravings, some of the tailpieces +after Bewick. _U.T._ + +Divine and Moral | Songs | For | Children | By Isaac Watts, D. D. | +London: | Sampson Low, Son, and Marston. | 1866. | pp. 116, 7¾ × 5½. +Numerous wood engravings in the text by various artists. _B.M._ + +Divine and Moral | Songs | For | Children, | By | Isaac Watts, D.D. | +Illustrated | London: | George Routledge & Sons. | 1866 (?). pp. 116, +7¾ × 5⅝, designed title page; frontispiece wood-engraved portrait of +Dr. Watts by Scott. Wood-cut illustrations and decorations on each +page by Scott, Kennedy, Allen, etc. Probably from same plates as item +above. _Bod._, _S._ + +Divine and Moral Songs. Leiden. 1866 (?). 12^{o}. In Dutch. _B.M._ + +Divine | and | Moral Songs | For | Children. | By Isaac Watts, D.D. | +Illustrated in the | New Graphotype Engraving Process. | by W. Holman +Hunt, | W. Cave Thomas, J. D. Watson, G. Du Maurier, T. Morten, C. +Green, | H. K. Brown, Marcus Stone, H. Anelay, Florence Claxton, | M. +E. Edwards, etc. etc. | Under the superintendence of | H. Fitzcook. +| London: | James Nisbet and Co., | Berners Street. | 1867 (?). pp. +viii + 76, 10¾ × 8½, cloth, g. e. Frontispiece portrait. _B.M._, +_Bod._, _S._ The largest size found. + +Divine Songs, | Attempted in | Easy Language, | For the Use of +Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | [Illustration] | Published by John and +Charles Mozley, Derby; | and Paternoster Row, London. | 1867 | pp. +72, 5½ × 3½, picture boards, half leather. Frontispiece, vignette on +title and cut at head of each song. _S._ + +Watts’s Divine and Moral Songs. (With coloured engravings). London, +Edinburgh: Nelson and Sons (Printed 1867). 8^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine & Moral | Songs for Children. | By Dr. Watts. | London: | +S. W. Partridge and Co., 9 Paternoster Row | 1867 (?). pp. 80, 5½ +× 4¼, cloth. Decorated page borders and profusely illustrated with +excellent wood engravings, signed “W. Cheshire”. _B.M._, _U.T._ + +Divine and Moral Songs (With illustrations). London: Religious Tract +Society. 1869 (?). 8^{o}. _B.M._, _Bod._ + +Divine and Moral Songs.... The music composed by E. Thorne. London: +1870 (?). 8^{o}. _B.M._ + +Hymnyn ny Arraneyn Mayllee, son Paitchyn. Liorish I. Watts. Peel: W. +K. Palmer, printer. Michael Street. pp. 30, 12^{o}. 1870 (?). In Manx. + +Beeton’s Watts’s Divine and Moral Songs. 1872 (?). Beeton’s Penny +Books. 16^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine Songs.... Original and altered from Watts. By W. A. Pope. +1873. 8^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine Songs for the use of Children. London and Liverpool. 1873. 12^{o}. + +Divine and Moral Songs. Utrecht: 1874 (?). 8^{o}. In Dutch. _B.M._ + +Divine and Moral Songs. London: Religious Tract Society. 1875 (?). +16^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine and Moral Songs.... Illustrated. London. 1875 (?). 16^{o}. _B.M._ + +Watts’s Divine and Moral Songs. (Edited by H. F.) London: (Chilworth +printed) 1877 (?). 16^{o}. _B.M._, _Bod._ + +Bible Voices for the Young. Consisting of Watts’ Divine and Moral +Songs; Scripture Characters; First, Second and Third Catechisms, etc. +2 pt. London: Systematic Bible Teachers Depository. 1879 (?). 18^{o}. +_B.M._ + +Watts’ Divine and Moral Songs. Illustrated. London: 1879 (?). 8^{o}. +_B.M._ + +Watts’ Divine and Moral Songs. London: Frederick Warne and Co. 1880 +(?). cloth, g.e., coloured frontispiece and 50 illustrations. + +Watts’ Divine and Moral Songs. London: Religious Tract Society. 1880 +(?). pp. 48, 24^{o}. _B.M._ + +Songs, Divine and Moral.... Improved edition with engravings. +Glasgow: G. Cameron. 1883 (?). pp. 64, 16^{o}. _B.M._ + +Thirty-one Divine Songs for the use of Children. Glasgow: Marr and +Sons. 1883 (?). pp. 31, 32^{o}. _B.M._ + +Divine and Moral Songs.... With illustrations, etc. London: Religious +Tract Society, pp. 95, 8^{o}. _B.M._, _Bod._ + +Divine and Moral Songs.... With coloured pictures by Mrs. A. Gaskin. +London: Elkin Mathews. 1896 (?). pp. 60, 8^{o}. _B.M._ See 1901 (?). + +Divine Songs for the use of Children. London: 1897. 8^{o}. _Bod._ + +Divine: and: Moral | Songs: For Children. | By the: Reverend | Isaac: +Watts: D.D. | Elkin Mathews | Vigo St London | 1900 (?). pp. 62, 5¾ +× 4½. Thirteen full-page pictures in color by Mrs. Arthur Gaskin: +glazed picture boards, half cloth. + +Divine: and: Moral | Songs: For Children | By the: Reverend | Isaac: +Watts: D.D. | Elkin Mathews | Vigo St London | 1901 (?). pp. 92, 7¾ × +5½, cloth, with full-page color plates by Mrs. Arthur Gaskin. + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration: FRONTISPIECE. + + Happy the Child whose tender years + Receive Instructions well: + Who hates the Sinner’s path, and fears + The road that leads to Hell.] + +[Illustration] + + + + + _The American Editions_ + + +Divine Songs attempted in Easy Language for the use of Children. By +I. Watts. 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Philadelphia: Printed by +Robert Aitken, 1781. _Evans_, 17421. _Hild._, 4167. + +Divine Songs for Children. By Isaac Watts, also Prayers and +Catechisms. 1783 (?). pp. 64, 5¼ × 3¼. _S._ + +Divine Songs, Attempted in Easy Language, etc. To which is added, the +Wonderful dream, by the author. Also four delightful and entertaining +stories. Norwich: Printed by John Trumbull. 1783. 18^{o}. _Evans_, +18294. _Trum._, 157. + +Divine Songs, Attempted in Easy Language, etc. Newburyport, +M,DCC,LXXXIV. 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Coverly. | +Price 12 cents | Great allowance made by | the Grose or Dozen. | 1790 +(?). pp. 36, 5¾ × 3¼. _B.M._, _S._, _B._, _Wat._ + +Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language, etc. By Isaac Watts, D.D., +Author of the Lyric Poems. Middletown: Printed by Moses H. Woodware. +M,DCC,XC. pp. 32, 3⅝ × 2⅜. Cut on reverse of title. _Conn._ + +Divine Songs, Attempted in Easy Language, etc. Boston: Printed and +Sold by Samuel Hall. M,DCC,XCII. pp. 71, 32^{o}, one illustration. _B.P._ + +Divine Songs | attempted in | easy language | for the use of | +Children | By Isaac Watts, D.D. | Hartford: | Printed by Elisha +Babcock | 1794. | pp. 31, 4⅛ × 2½, frontispiece, marbled paper covers. + +Divine and Moral Songs, attempted in easy language for the use of +Children. Boston: Samuel Hall. 1796. 48^{o}, illustrated, wrappers +stitched. _Bos._ + + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 1st edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 2nd edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 3rd edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 4th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 5th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 6th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 7th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 8th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 9th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 10th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 11th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 12th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 13th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 14th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 15th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 16th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 17th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 18th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 19th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 20th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 21st edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 22nd edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 23rd edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 24th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 25th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 26th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 27th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 28th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 29th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 30th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 31st edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 32nd edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 33rd edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 34th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 35th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 36th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 37th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 38th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 39th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 40th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 41st edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 42nd edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 43rd edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 44th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 45th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 46th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 47th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 48th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 49th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 50th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 51st edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 52nd edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 53rd edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 54th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 55th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 56th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 57th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 58th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 59th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 60th edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 61st edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 62nd edition. _NR._ + Divine Songs, etc., Haverhill, Coverly, 63rd edition. _NR._ + +Divine | Songs | attempted | in | Easy Language, | for the use of | +Children. | By Isaac Watts, D.D. | [Illustration] | (The sixty-fourth +Edition.) Haverhill: | Printed and sold by N. Coverly. | 1797. | +Price Nine pence. | pp. 34, 16^{o}. _Bos._, _Esx._ + +Divine and Moral Songs attempted in easy Language, for the use of +Children. Revised and corrected. By Isaac Watts, D.D. Printed and +sold by Samuel Hall, No. 53 Cornhill. Boston: 1799. pp. 70, 4 × 3⅜, +pictorial paper covers. Wood-cut frontispiece and wood-cuts in the +text. _Bos._ + +Divine Songs attempted in easy language for the use of Children. +Salem. 1800. pp. 48, 24^{o}. _Esx._ + +A | Choice Collection | of | Hymns, | and | Moral Songs; | Adapted +to the Capacities of Young | People, | on the several Duties and | +Incidents of Life. | Adorned with Cuts, to impress more lasting | +Ideas of each Subject upon the Mind, than | can be attained by those +in common use. | To which is added, | Specimens | of | Divine Poetry. +| By several Authors. | Hartford: | Printed by John Babcock. | 1801 | +pp. 112, 5¼ × 2¾, paper covered oak boards. Contains about half the +Divine Songs and all but one of the Moral Songs. _S._ + +Divine Songs. | Attempted in | Easy Language, | For the Use of | +Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | [Illustration] | To which are added, +| The Principles | of the | Christian Religion, | In plain and easy +Verse. | By P. Doddridge, D.D. | New York: Printed for John Tiebout, +| No. 246 Water Street, | By L. Nichols. | 1802. | pp. 72, 5⅜ × 3½, +boards, half leather, eleven oval wood cuts. + +Divine and Moral Songs, in easy language for the use of Children. By +Isaac Watts. Charlestown: 1802. 32^{o}, stitched. Copy sold at Libbie’s, +Boston Oct. 22–24, 1907. See 1804. + +Divine and Moral | Songs, | for | Children. | By Isaac Watts, D.D. +| Cambridge | Printed at the University press | By W. Hillard. | +MDCCCIII. | Num. Edit. 4000 | pp. 36, 6 × 3⅜, figured paper covers. +Arms of Phillips Academy on title. _A.A._, _Bos._, _Peq._, _N.Y._, +_S._ + +Divine and Moral | Songs, | for | Children. | By Isaac Watts, D.D. | +The second Cambridge edition. | Printed by W. Hillard. | 1804. | pp. +36, 6 × 4, figured paper covers. _Bos._, _S._ + +Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the use of Children. +Providence: Heaton and Williams. 1804. _A.A._ + +Divine and Moral Songs; attempted in easy language for the use of +Children. Revised and Corrected. Boston: Hosea Sprague. No. 88 +Newberry St. 1804. pp. 63, 4⅛ × 2¾, illustrated. _B._ + +Poetical Works of Isaac Watts. With life of the Author. Philadelphia: +B. Johnson. 1804. 2 Vols. 16^{o}. 2nd Vol. contains Divine Songs for +children, Moral Songs, A Cradle Hymn. _Bos._ + +Divine and Moral Songs attempted in easy language for the use of +children (also) Catechisms for Children and Youth, Prayers, etc. By +Isaac Watts. Revised and Corrected. New Haven, Conn. 1804. _Har._ + +Divine | and | Moral Songs, | Attempted in Easy Language, | for +| the Use of Children: | By Isaac Watts, D.D. | [Illustration] | +Charlestown: | Printed by Samuel Etheridge. | Sold by him | at the +Washington Head Bookstore. | 1804. | _N.Y.S._ + +Divine and Moral Songs for Children. Hudson: Stoddard. 1805. _Bos._ + +Martin and James; or, the | Reward of Integrity: | A Moral Tale, | +Designed for the Improvement of youth. | New York: | Printed and sold +by John C. Totten, | No. 155 Chatham-Street, | where may be had a +variety of Children’s Books. | 1807. | pp. 72, 5⅜ × 3⅜, marbled paper +covers, wood-cuts. Pages 56–72 contain 16 of the Divine Songs. _S._ + +Divine Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language | for the | Use of +Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | London printed | Hartford, | +Reprinted by Hudson and Goodwin. | 1807. | pp. 120, 4½ × 3, half +leather. _A.A._, _B._ + +Divine Songs (The shorter Catechism agreed upon by the Assembly of +Divines, etc.) London printed. Hartford reprinted. 1807. 24^{o}. _B.M._ + +Watts’ | Divine Songs | For the use of | Children | with plates. | G. +Love, sc. | Philadelphia: | Published by J. Johnson. | 1807. | pp. +52, 5⅜ × 3, stiff paper covers. Engraved title page with vignette of +cupids. Engraved frontispiece and 12 crude engravings. _N.Y.His._, +_S._ + +Divine Songs | for | Children. | By Isaac Watts, D.D. | +[Illustration] | Philadelphia: | Published by Benjamin Johnson | No. +249, Market Street | 1807. | pp. 48, 16^{o}. Cut on title, The Good +Samaritan, and 17 small cuts in text by Anderson. _Bos._, _Penn.His._ + +Divine and Moral Songs attempted in easy language for the use of +Children. Boston: Lincoln & Edmonds. 1808. pp. 47. _Bos._ + +Divine Songs; | For Children. | Attempted in Easy Language. | By I. +Watts, D. D. | Ornamented with Cuts. | [Illustration] | From Sidney’s +Press, | New Haven. | 1809. | pp. 36, 5⅜ × 3⅜, paper covers. Cut on +front cover and on back cover. Frontispiece and 10 cuts in text. +Front cover bears, Published by I. Cooke & Co. New Haven. _N.Y.His._, +_A.A._, _S._ + +Divine Songs attempted in easy Language for the use of Children. +Newburyport. 1809 (?). pp. 37, 24^{o}, illustrated. _Esx._ + +Divine Songs | Attempted in | Easy Language, | For the Use of | +Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | [Illustration] | Utica: | Printed and +sold by Seward and Williams. | 1810. | pp. 36, 5 × 3, oak boards, +paper covered, half leather. Vignette on title, wood-cut head and +tail pieces in text. Includes Dodridge’s Principles of the Christian +Religion. _N.Y.His._, _A.A._ + +Divine Songs attempted in Easy Language for the use of Children. +Newburyport: Gilman. 1810. pp. 48, 24^{o}, plates. _Bos._, _Esx._ See +1811 (?). + +Songs, Divine and Moral by I. W. 6½¢. New York: S. Wood. 357 Pearl +St. 1811. Offered on leaf of adv. at back of The Seven Wonders of the +World. Wood, 1811. _N.Y._, _S._ + +Divine Songs attempted in Easy Language for the use of Children. +Walpole (N.H.): Isaiah Thomas & Co. 1811. 3½ × 3⅛. _A.A._ + +Divine Songs. Newburyport: W. and J. Gilman. pp. 26. 1811 (?). _Bry._ + +Watts’ Divine Songs. Portland, Me.: A. Lyman & Co. 1812. 12¢. Offered +on back of Arithmetical Tables. Portland: Lyman. 1812. + +Divine and Moral Songs for Children. Newburyport. 1813. _Har._ + +Divine and Moral Songs for Children. Andover, Mass.: New England +Tract Society, No. 32. 1814. _A.A._, _B.A._ + +Dr. Watts’ Plain and Easy Catechisms for Children: Together with a +collection of Hymns and Prayers. Middletown (Conn.): Printed and +Published by Clark & Lyman. 1st ed. _NR._ See 4th ed. 1818; 5th ed. +1819. + +Dr. Watts’ Plain and Easy Catechisms, etc. Middletown. 2nd ed. _NR._ + +Dr. Watts’ Plain and Easy Catechisms, etc. Middletown. 3rd ed. _NR._ + +Dr. Watts’ Plain and Easy Catechisms, etc. Middletown. 1818 (?). 4th +ed. pp. 36, 5⅜ × 3⅛. Pages 20–32 contain 12 divine and 2 moral songs. + +A | Plain and Easy | Catechism | For Children. | By Isaac Watts, D.D. +| To which are added, | Divine Songs, By the Same Author. | Boston: +| Printed by Parmenter and Norton | 1818. | pp. 16, 4½ × 2⅝, paper +covers. Pages 12–16 contain four of the songs. + +Watts’ Divine Songs for the Use of Children. New Haven: Sidney’s +Press. 1818. 48^{o}, paper covers. Copy sold at Libbie’s, Boston, March +12, 13, 1913. + +Dr. Watts’ | Plain and Easy | Catechisms | For | Children: | Together +with a Collection of | Hymns and Prayers | Fifth Middletown Edition | +Middletown (Conn.): | Printed and Published by Clark & Lyman. | 1819. +| pp. 36, 5½ × 3½, paper covers. Pages 21–31 contain 12 divine and 2 +moral songs. _S._ + +Divine Songs for Children. By Isaac Watts, D.D. To which is added +Catechisms and Prayers for Sunday Schools. New Haven: A. H. Maltby & +Co. 1819. pp. 36, 5½ × 3½, stiff paper covers. _A.A._ + +Songs, Divine and Moral, for Children. Albany: G. J. Loomis and Co. +1819. 24^{o}, paper. Copy sold at Libbie’s, Dec. 6, 7, 1906. + +Divine Songs attempted in Easy Language for the use of Children. +Boston: S. T. Armstrong. 1819. pp. 36, 24^{o}. Frontispiece and cuts in +text. _A.A._, _Har._ + +Watts’ | Divine Songs | For the use of Children. | Sidney’s Press | +For John Babcock and Son, New Haven, | S. and W. R. Babcock, 163 King +St., | Charleston, and M‘Carty and Davis, Philadelphia. | 1820. | pp. +31, 5¾ × 3½. Wood-cut frontispiece and cuts in text, by Anderson. +_B._, _Peq._ See 1824, 1830, 1831, 1838, 1840, 1842. + + Divine and Moral Songs, etc., Andover, 1st ed. _NR._ + Divine and Moral Songs, etc., Andover, 2nd ed. _NR._ + Divine and Moral Songs, etc., Andover, 3rd ed. _NR._ + Divine and Moral Songs, etc., Andover, 4th ed. _NR._ + +Divine and Moral Songs for Children. Andover: Flagg and Gould. 5th +edition. 1820. (New England Tract Society. Pub. No. 32). pp. 20, 16^{o}. +_Bos._ + +Watts’ Hymns, Ornamented with 38 handsome engravings, 25 cts. +Hartford: George Goodwin and Sons. 1820. Offered under Books for +Children on back of New England Primer. Geo. Goodwin and Sons, +Hartford. 1820. See 1822. + +Dr. Watts’ Divine Songs, | for | Children. | Hartford: | Printed and +Sold by G. Goodwin & Sons. | 1822. | pp. 22, paper covers, 5⅛ × 2¾. +Front cover is the title page. Vignette on title and 6 wood-cuts in +text. + +Songs, Divine and Moral, for the use of Children. Geneva, N. Y.: +James Bogert. 1823. pp. 24, 5⅛ × 2¾. _Bry._ + +Watts’ Divine Songs. New Haven: J. Babcock and Son. 1824. pp. 31, +illustrated. + +Divine and Moral Songs for Children. New York: American Tract +Society. 1825. 12^{o}. _Bos._ + +Songs, | Divine and Moral, | By | Isaac Watts, D.D. | Embellished +with numerous engravings | [Illustration] | Revised by the Committee +of Publication of the | American Sunday-School Union. | Philadelphia: +| American Sunday-School Union. | No. 316 Chestnut Street. | First +edition, 1826. pp. 90, 6 × 3¾, cloth. Frontispiece and numerous +wood-cuts in text. + +Divine and Moral | Songs | for | Children. | By the Rev. Isaac Watts, +D.D. | [Illustration] | Published by the | American Tract Society, | +150 Nassau St., New York. | 1830 (?). pp. 48, 4⅛ × 2⅝, paper covers, +frontispiece, cut on title and three cuts in text. _N.Y._ + +Watts’ Divine Songs for the use of Children. With handsome +engravings. New Haven: S. Babcock; Charleston: S. Babcock & Co. 1830. +pp. 23, 5½ × 3¼, illustrated, yellow paper covers. _B._ + +Divine Songs. | Attempted in | Easy Language | For the | Use of +Children. | By I. Watts, D.D. | New York: Mahlon Day, 374 Pearl St. +| 1830 (?). 3¾ × 3, cloth. Frontispiece and numerous cuts in text. +_N.Y._ See 1832. + +Hymns for Children: By Doctor Watts. New Haven: S. Babcock. 1831. pp. +16, 3½ × 2, illustrated, yellow paper covers. _B._ + +Watts’ | Divine and Moral | Songs. | For the use of Children | +[Illustration] | New York: Printed and Sold by Mahlon Day, | At the +New Juvenile Book-Store, | No. 376, Pearl-Street. | 1832. | pp. 23, +5½ × 3½, wood-cuts. + +Divine and Moral Songs for Children. New York: American Tract +Society. 1833 (?). pp. 16, 4½ × 2¾, illustrated, brown paper covers. +_B._ + +Dr. Watts’ | Divine Songs. | First Part. | Northampton: | John +Metcalf.... 1837. | pp. 24, 5⅞ × 3⅝. Frontispiece, vignette on title +and cuts in text; 13 of the Divine Songs. _S._ + +Watts’ Divine Songs; for the use of Children. New Haven: S. Babcock. +1838. pp. 24, 5½ × 3½. _B._ + +Infant Hymns. Designed for young Children. New Haven: S. Babcock. +1840. pp. 16, 3¾ × 2, illustrated, blue paper covers. _B._ + +Infant Hymns; Designed for young Children. New Haven: S. Babcock. +1842 (?). pp. 16, 3¾ × 2¼, illustrated, paper covers. _B._ + +Questions and Answers, Taken from Dr. Watts’s Hymns for Children. +Boston: 1st edition. _NR._ + +Questions and Answers, Taken from Dr. Watts’s Hymns for Children. +(By A. Bullard). 2nd edition. Boston: Massachusetts Sabbath School +Society. 1843. 32^{o}. _Har._ + +Songs, Divine and Moral.... To which are added, a few prayers, etc. +Boston (Mass.) (Protestant Episcopal Church of Massachusetts No. 8). +1844. pp. 44, 12^{o}. _B.M._, _Har._ + +Songs, Divine and Moral, by I. Watts. Philadelphia, 1844. Copy sold +at Merwin-Clayton’s, Nov. 22–24, 1911. + +Songs, | Divine and Moral, | For the use of Children. | By Isaac +Watts, D.D. | Complete edition, | with twelve fine engravings on +wood. | Worcester: | Published by C. Harris. | 1845. | pp. 72, 4⅝ × +3½, cloth. Frontispiece portrait. _S._ + +Songs, | Divine and Moral, | For the use of Children. | By Isaac +Watts, D.D. | Complete edition, | with twelve fine engravings on +wood. | Boston: | Published by William Henshaw. | No. 9 Cornhill. +| 1845 (?). pp. 64, 5¼ × 4¼, paper. Same cuts and printer as item +above. _S._ + +Divine and Moral Songs, for Children. Revised by the Committee of +Publication. Massachusetts Sabbath School Society. Boston: 1845. pp. +48, 4⅝ × 2¾, paper. Frontispiece and cuts in text. _Bry._ + +Songs, Divine and Moral, for Children. New York: C. Wells. 1845. +Cuts. _A.A._ + +Divine and Moral Songs for Children. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board +of Publication. 1845. Cloth, illustrated. First edition. + +Songs, | Divine and Moral, | By | Isaac Watts, D.D. Embellished with +numerous engravings. | [Illustration] | Revised by the Committee of +Publication of the | American Sunday-School Union. | Philadelphia: | +American Sunday-School Union, | No 316 Chestnut Street. | 1846 (?). +pp. 90, 6 × 3¾, cloth. Frontispiece and numerous cuts in text. _Bro._ + +Divine | and | Moral Songs | For | Children. | By Rev. Isaac +Watts, D.D. | Published by the | American Tract Society, | 150 +Nassau-Street, New York. | 1846 (?). pp. 64, 4¼ × 2¾, paper. +Frontispiece, vignette on title and five cuts in text. _N.Y._, _S._ + +Divine and Moral | Songs | For | The Use of Children. | By | Isaac +Watts, D. D. | with twenty-four illustrations, | Drawn on the wood +by C. W. Cope. | Philadelphia: | George S. Appleton, 164 Chestnut +Street. | New York:| D. Appleton & Co., 200 Broadway. | MDCCCL. | pp. +124, 5½ × 4⅜, cloth, illustrated. _B._ See 1851. + +Watts’ | Divine Songs: | for the | Use of Children. | “Let the sweet +work of prayer and praise”, etc. [in four lines] | New Haven: | +Published by S. Babcock. | 1850. | pp. 16, 4⅜ × 2¾, paper. Cuts in +text. One of a set of 12 toy books. _S._ + +Divine and Moral | Songs | For | The Use of Children | By | Isaac +Watts, D.D. | With twenty-four illustrations | Drawn on the wood by +C. W. Cope. | Philadelphia: | George S. Appleton & Co., 164 Chestnut +Street | MDCCCLI. | pp. 124+4 of adv., 5½ × 4⅜, cloth, gilt. Sixteen +full-page, hand-colored wood engravings and several uncolored cuts in +text. Cuts engraved by H. Bricker. _S._ See 1856. + +Horæ Lyricæ and Divine Songs, | By | Isaac Watts, | with a Memoir, +| By Robert Southey. | Boston: | Little, Brown and Company. | New +York: Evans and Dickerson. | Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo and +Co. | M.DCCC.LIV. pages 348, 6¾ × 4¼, cloth. Engraved frontispiece +portrait. Pages 293–348 contain the Divine and Moral Songs. _S._, +_B.A._ See 1864, 1866. + +Horæ Lyricæ | By | Isaac Watts | To which are added The Divine Songs +| and Moral Songs for Children | With a life of the Author | By +Robert Southey. | Boston: | Little, Brown and Company. | 1854. _B.P._ +Differs from item above only in wording of title-page. + +Little | Hymn Book | Worcester: | Published by S. A. Howland. | Henry +A. Holland, Printer. | 1855 (?). 3½ × 3. Three little song books +bound together under one general title: Watts’ Divine and Moral +Songs, Hymns for Infant Minds, and The Juvenile Songster. + +Divine and Moral Songs | for | the use of Children. | By Isaac +Watts, D.D. | New York: | Robert Carter & Bro. | 1856. | With 24 +illustrations drawn on the wood by C. W. Cope. 5⅝ × 4¼. Some of the +prints are colored. _N.Y._ + +Divine | and Moral Songs. | Attempted | in Easy Language | For the | +Use of Children | With some | Additional Composures. | Philadelphia | +American Sunday-School Union, etc.; 1857 (?). pp. 96, 9½ × 5¾, grain +morocco, stamped in gold. Frontispiece and wood engravings in text, +some after Cope. + +Divine and Moral Songs, etc. New York: American Tract Society. 1858 +(?). Gilt 10¢, paper 3¢. + +Divine and Moral Songs for Children. Philadelphia: American +Sunday-School Union, 1860 (?). pp. 48, 8^{o}, cloth, illustrated. _Bos._ + +Divine and Moral Songs for Children. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board +of Publication. 1860. Cloth, illustrated. + +Horæ Lyricæ | By | Isaac Watts. | To which are added the Divine Songs +| and Moral Songs for Children. | With a life of the Author, | By +Robert Southey. | Boston: | Little, Brown and Company | M.DCCC.LXIV. +| pp. 368, 7¾ × 3¾. The Divine and Moral Songs occupy pp. 313–368. +_L.I._ + +Divine | and | Moral Songs | for | Children. | By Rev. Isaac Watts, +D.D. | Published by the | American Tract Society, | 28 Cornhill, +Boston. | 1864 (?). pp. 64, 4½ × 2¾ cloth. Illustrated with wood +engravings by J. Hyde. _S._ + +Divine and Moral Songs. New York: J. W. Strong. Colored covers. +Offered as one of Three-cent toys, per gross $2.25, on back of +Children’s Pictorial Alphabet. J. W. Strong, New York: 98 Nassau St. +1864 (?). + +Divine and Moral Songs, etc. New York: American Tract Society. 1865 +(?). Paper, gilt 5¢. + +Divine | and | Moral Songs | attempted | in easy language, | +for the | Use of Children, | with some additional composures. | +[Illustration] | Philadelphia: | American Sunday-School Union, | No. +316 Chestnut Street. Boston: No. 9 Cornhill. | Cincinnati: 41 West +Fourth Street. | Louisville: 103 Fourth Street. | 1865(?). 9⅜ × 5¾, +cloth, illustrated. _Gen._ + +The | Poetical works | of | Isaac Watts. | With a memoir. | Boston: | +Little, Brown and Company. | 1866. | pp. 368, 7¾ × 3¾. The Divine and +Moral Songs occupy pp. 313–368. _N.Y._ + +Divine and Moral | Songs | for | Children. | By | Isaac Watts, D.D. | +Illustrated. | New York: | Hurd and Houghton | 401 Broadway | 1866 | +pp. 116, 7¾ × 5⅝, cloth. _New._, _S._ + +Divine and Moral Songs, etc. New York: American Tract Society. 1870 +(?). Cloth 15¢, paper 6¢. + +Divine and Moral | Songs | for | Children. | By the | Rev. Isaac +Watts, D.D. | Illustrated by anecdotes and reflections. | Embellished +with beautiful wood-cuts. | Philadelphia: | Presbyterian Board of +Publication. | pp. 144, 5⅞ × 3¾, cloth. 1872. _U.T._ + +Divine and Moral Songs for Children. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board +of Publication. Cloth, illustrated. 1882. + +Divine and Moral Songs for Children. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board +of Publication. Paper, illustrated. 1883. + +Divine and Moral Songs for Children. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board +of Publication. Cloth, illustrated. 1886. + +Poems; or Divine and Moral Songs for the use of Children. New York, +1889 (?). _Bry._ + +Songs for Children in easy Language. By Isaac Watts. Illustrated by +C. W. Cope. Engraved by John Thompson. Boston: J. Earle, 1892. pp. +94. See Brit. list, 1848. _L.C._ + +Childhood’s Songs of long ago. Being some of the divine and moral +songs written by Rev. Isaac Watts. With pictures by Blanche McManus. +New York: Herrick & Co. 1897. pp. 87, sq. 8^{o}. _Bos._ + +Divine: and: Moral | Songs: | For Children | By the: Reverend | +Isaac: Watts: D.D. | L. C. Page & Company. | Boston | 1901. | pp. 92, +7¾ × 5½, cloth. 13 full-page plates in color by Mrs. Arthur Gaskin. +See Brit. list, 1896. _Bry._, _Bos._, _S._ + + + _Of this little book there have been + 250 copies privately printed for The + Triptych by The University Press of + Sewanee Tennessee. This copy is_ + + _No._ 101 + + [Illustration: + THE TRIPTYCH + ROOM 1127 15 PARK ROW + NEW YORK NY] + + +Transcriber’s Note: + +Words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent +hyphenation in the text. Obsolete and alternative spellings were +not changed. Roman numeral dates are variously spelled without +punctuation, with dots, or with commas. On the last page, the copy +number, 101, is handwritten, author unknown. + +In the Bibliography, the editor used horizontal double section symbols +as an abbreviation for the full quotation from Matthew XXI. 16, “Out of +the Mouth of Babes....” that appears on the title page of this book. +These are shown as [Illustration] within the bibliography entries. + +Words and phrases in italics are surrounded by underscores, _like +this_. Superscripts are contained within braces and preceded by a +carat, e.g. 12^{o}. A Table of Contents was added for convenience of +the reader. Obvious printing errors, such as upside down, reversed +order, or partially printed letters and punctuation, were corrected. +Final stops missing at the end of sentences and abbreviations were +added. + +The following were changed: + + ‘23nd’ to ‘23rd’ + ‘Lombarb’ to ‘Lombard’ + ‘elert’ to ‘alert’ + ‘Havard’ to ‘Harvard’ + ‘wrapers’ to ‘wrappers’ + ‘elegent’ to ‘elegant’ + + +*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 78872 *** |