"These stories, though written mainly with a view to their moral influence on the hearts and dispositions of the readers, contain very little formal exhortation and instruction. They present quiet and peaceful pictures of happy domestic life, portraying generally such conduct, and expressing such sentiments and feelings, as it is desirable to exhibit and express in the presence of children."--Preface, p. vi.

By Jacob Abbott.

Copyright 1853 by Harper & Brothers.

Last page blank.

In red cloth.

Some wood-engravings engraved by Charles Edmonds and Albert Bobbett, from a design by Carl Emil Doepler. Some engravings engraved by William Roberts.

"The Franconia stories"--Series title, and list, p. [9].

Weber, C.J. Abbott, IV6

Princeton University. Early American book illustrators and wood engravers, 1670-1870 (1968 edition), 1188