Bad Company, or The Magpye. A Tale. To which are added, The Negro Boy, and The Short Great-Coat.
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Title
Bad Company, or The Magpye. A Tale. To which are added, The Negro Boy, and The Short Great-Coat.
Alternative Title
The Magpye. A Tale.
The Negro Boy
The Short Great-Coat
Publisher
Glasgow: Brash & Reid
Date
[1797?] per National Library of Scotland
Extent
8 pages
Identifier
Is Part Of
Chapbook #12 and #34 in a bound collection of 54 chapbooks
Description
Quoted on title-page: "Let others, with poetic fire, In raptures praise the tuneful choir, The Linnet, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Thrush, And every warbler of the bush; I sing the Mimic Magpye's fame, In wicker cage well fed and tame."
Format
JPEGs and PDF derived from master file, which was scanned from the original book in 24-bit color at 600 dpi in TIFF format using an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner.
Rights
In the public domain; For high quality reproductions, contact Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph. libaspc@uoguelph.ca, 519-824-4120, Ext. 53413
Contributor
Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Citation
“Bad Company, or The Magpye. A Tale. To which are added, The Negro Boy, and The Short Great-Coat.,” Scottish Chapbooks, accessed July 27, 2024, https://scottishchapbooks.lib.uoguelph.ca/items/show/974.
