Terrifying children into good behaviour turned into an excellent business model for late 17th-century author William Darton
A book aimed at preparing UK children in the Georgian period for the many dangers of life – such as playing with loaded guns, crashing into rivers in hot air balloons, riding a horse over the parapet of a bridge, and keeping a fully-grown lion in the bedroom – is going on sale for £2,000.
The author, William Darton, appeared to think terrifying children into good behaviour was an excellent business model: he wrote, engraved the illustrations, and published the book in 1801, along with two equally gruesome companion volumes.
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