Physical description

Hard cover book.
Author: Jonathan Swift
Editor: Henry Morley
Publisher: George Routledge & Sons
Date: 1889
Further Information: Olive Green Cloth hardcover with plastic protective covering, lettering and patterning to spine in gilt. The spine has a Library label with an inscription.

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

The label on the spine with typed text PAT 823 SWI
Paste down front end paper has a sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library
Front loose end paper has a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service
Front loose end paper has a stamp from Corangamite Regional Library Service

Summary

A Tale of a Tub is a satire that was published anonymously in 1704. It combined the 'Tale' itself, a satire on corruptions in religion and learning, with the mock-heroic 'Battle of the Books' and a 'Discourse Concerning the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit', which ridiculed religious enthusiasts. The tale follows three brothers who represent different branches of Christianity. The volume in question is the Routledge reprint. Project Gutenberg's transcription of the 1889 Routledge 'Carisbrooke Library' edition contains The Tale of a Tub and The History of Martin.