a court off Drury Lane. There he helped to set up the press in readiness for John Catnach's freeing from prison. He kept in touch, helped out the family by providing firstly utensils, later paying off the rent arrears and whilst John was in hospital, by working at night-time to finish off the jobs on his books. Works These include: from his time in Alnwick A pamphlet to Farmers "A plain and earnest address" was a rallying call to the yeoman farmers of Britain to stand firm against the political tumult unleashed by the French Revolution and Thomas Paine's "Rights of man". The "Farmer" uses extracts from Arthur Young's "Annals of agriculture" to paint a bleak picture if Britain was to embrace French revolutionary ideals" printed c1792-93 The History of the Devil, Ancient and Modern, in two parts by Daniel Defoe – 304 pages – c1794 Many attractively illustrated children’s books – quite a novelty at the time, including :- The Royal Play Book Children's Friend. A Present for Little Masters and Misses The Death and Burial of Cock Robin Many Battledores, teaching aids with a letter or letters of the alphabet The Beauties of Natural History, selected from Buffon's History of Quadrupeds – 92 pages – c1795 The Beauties of Natural History – a later volume – c1805 Poems by Percival Stockdale – with Thomas Bewick woodcuts – c1806 Poetical Works of Robert Burns – with Thomas Bewick woodcuts The Hermit of Warkworth – A Northumberland Ballad, in three Fits – By Dr. Thomas Percy – Dromore is in County Down, Northern Ireland – c1806 From his time in Newcastle The Battle of Chevy Chase – A selection from the works of Dr. Samuel Johnson in two volumes "The life of John Thompson, mariner, written by himself: also, his divine selections in prose and verse, from esteemed authors" His Divine Selections, in Prose and Verse. From esteemed Authors and embellished with Engravings – c 1810 See also Geordie dialect words Thomas Allan Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings James Catnach William Davison References External links The history of the Catnach Press : at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Alnwick and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in Northumberland, and Seven Dials, London (1887) The life and times of James Catnach, ballad monger – by Charles Hindley } Allan’s Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs and readings English music publishers (people) Music publishing companies of the United Kingdom