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How to be happy, or, Fairy gifts : proving the insufficiency of beauty and talents, fortune, rank, and riches, to secure contentment
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How to be happy, or, Fairy gifts : proving the insufficiency of beauty and talents, fortune, rank, and riches, to secure contentment

Date1828
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(engraver)
FormatBook
Notes
Imperfect copy: one plate is wanting. Includes publisher's advertisements: 1 unnumbered page at end. Plates, engraved on steel by H. Adlard, are dated October 1828. Seven moral tales written in the guise of fairy tales.
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    Hardcover books
    DimensionsCover size: 17.3 cm x 11.5 cm (6 13/16 in. x 4 1/2 in.)
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      ProvenanceGift of Edgar Osborne in memory of Mabel Osborne.
      CollectionOsborne Collection of Early Children's Books
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object Number37131048634844D
      Catalogue Record for Print Book https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Ntt=1550842
      The renowned history of Primrose Prettyface : who by her sweetness of temper and love of learning, was raised from being the daughter of a poor cottager, to great riches, and to the dignity of the lady of the manor : set forth for the benefit and imitation of those pretty little boys and girls, who by learning their books, and obliging mankind, would to beauty of body, add beauty of mind
      The renowned history of Primrose Prettyface : who by her sweetness of temper and love of learning, was raised from being the daughter of a poor cottager, to great riches, and to the dignity of the lady of the manor : set forth for the benefit and imitation of those pretty little boys and girls, who by learning their books, and obliging mankind, would to beauty of body, add beauty of mind
      Bewick, John, 1760-1795
      1804
      Lovin spoonful Zal Yanovsky, From thievery to riches
      Lovin spoonful Zal Yanovsky, From thievery to riches
      Lennon, Frank
      3/31/1967
      Dame Partlet's farm : an account of the riches she obtained by industry, the good life she led, and alas! good reader, her death and epitaph
      Dame Partlet's farm : an account of the riches she obtained by industry, the good life she led, and alas! good reader, her death and epitaph
      Grant and Griffith
      1843
      Road to riches, Dozens of western athletes earn vast wealth in their sport
      Road to riches, Dozens of western athletes earn vast wealth in their sport
      Darrell, Dick
      11/2/1983
      Rags to riches: These men, all successful now, came here with little more than dreams
      Rags to riches: These men, all successful now, came here with little more than dreams
      McConnell, Colin
      10/9/1981
      Riches-to-rags: Toronto actor and producer Doug Smith relaxes at a friend's house yesterday and recalls his horrifying addiction to cocaine
      Riches-to-rags: Toronto actor and producer Doug Smith relaxes at a friend's house yesterday and recalls his horrifying addiction to cocaine
      Cooper, David
      9/3/1986
      Relics of riches
      Relics of riches
      Spremo, Boris
      5/19/1982
      Baseball's signing season. New Blue Jay Paul Molitor signs autographs for John Riches, right, and his brother Scott in St. Catharines yesterday as the(...)
      Baseball's signing season. New Blue Jay Paul Molitor signs autographs for John Riches, right, and his brother Scott in St. Catharines yesterday as the(...)
      Loek, Dick
      1/20/1993
      The history of Goody Two Shoes, otherwise called Mrs. Margery Two Shoes : with her means of acquiring learning, wisdom, and riches
      The history of Goody Two Shoes, otherwise called Mrs. Margery Two Shoes : with her means of acquiring learning, wisdom, and riches
      Darton & Harvey (London, England)
      1793
      Dame Partlet's farm : containing an account of the great riches she obtained by industry, the good life she led, and alas good reader! her sudden death : to which is added, a hymn written by Dame Partlet, just before her death, and an epitaph for her tomb-stone
      Dame Partlet's farm : containing an account of the great riches she obtained by industry, the good life she led, and alas good reader! her sudden death : to which is added, a hymn written by Dame Partlet, just before her death, and an epitaph for her tomb-stone
      Harris, John, 1756-1846
      1804
      The fairy gifts : and Tom Hickathrift
      The fairy gifts : and Tom Hickathrift
      Bell, Robert Anning, 1863-1933
      1895
      New Year's gifts, or, Happy Heppy
      New Year's gifts, or, Happy Heppy
      Religious Tract Society (Great Britain)
      1876 circa