Author: G. NORTON
Title: On Cruelty to Brutes. [poem]
Description: Henley: G. Norton, c. 1790. Slip-song, 140 x 195 mm. on blue/grey paper. George Norton is one of the earliest printers in Henley, possibly the successor to Adams> he was active from c. 1789 to c. 1815, specialising in poetry and theology. The British Book trade Index lists him as librarian/owner of a circulating library/printer/bookseller. This short 8 line poem is an early work on cruelty to animals, with a stark warning of God's vengeance to such perpetrators. No locations traced.

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