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
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THE TRIPTYCH
ROOM 1127 15 PARK ROW
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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’