FIELDING’S PROVERBS A CAUTIONARY TALE

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Phor Peete

Abstract

The attribution of Thomas Fielding’s Select Proverbs of all Nations (1824) to John Wade, the English social activist, is explored in some detail. Two persistent bibliographic errors concerning this collection are exposed along the way.

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Keywords:
Thomas Fielding, John Wade, William Henry Ireland, George Berger, proverb collection, paremiography
How to Cite
Peete, P. “FIELDING’S PROVERBS: A CAUTIONARY TALE”. Proverbium - Yearbook, vol. 29, no. 1, Aug. 2012, pp. 291-305, https://naklada.ffos.hr/casopisi/index.php/proverbium/article/view/660.