Chap-books of the eighteenth century . ton. 377 The common version of Whittingtons story is well known,and not worth repeating at length. The headings of the chapterstell the tale succinctly, and are all that is wanted to explain theillustrations. Chap. I. Of Whittingtons obscure Birth and hard For-tune ; and of his being drove to London. Chap. 2. Of Mrs. Alice putting him under the Cook,with her cruel Usage to him ; and Mrs. Alices interposition inhis favour. Chap. 3. Of his being troubled with Vermin in hisGarret; of his buying a Cat to destroy them ; and of his send-ing her for a venture ab
Chap-books of the eighteenth century . ton. 377 The common version of Whittingtons story is well known,and not worth repeating at length. The headings of the chapterstell the tale succinctly, and are all that is wanted to explain theillustrations. Chap. I. Of Whittingtons obscure Birth and hard For-tune ; and of his being drove to London. Chap. 2. Of Mrs. Alice putting him under the Cook,with her cruel Usage to him ; and Mrs. Alices interposition inhis favour. Chap. 3. Of his being troubled with Vermin in hisGarret; of his buying a Cat to destroy them ; and of his send-ing her for a venture abroad. It was a custom with the worthy merchant Mr. HughFitz Warren, that God might give him a greater blessing to hisendeavours, to call his servants together when he sent out aship, and cause every one to venture something in it to trytheir fortune ; for which they was to pay nothing for freight orcustom. The two illustrations, one taken from a Chap-book pub-lished at Newcastle (1770?), show Fitzwarren receiving hisservants 37^ Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century,
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