"About half of each of these volumes will consist of new articles written expressly for the occasion; and the other half will be a selection of what seem to me the best of my own articles, formerly published in the Juvenile miscellany ... The story of the Christ-Child and the poor children was suggested by the account of the Redemption Institute at Hamburg, by Horace Mann, in his late admirable Report on education."--To parents, p. [vii]-viii.

Copyright 1844 by C.S. Francis & Co.

"Printed by Munroe & Francis, Boston."--Title page verso.

Wood-engraved frontispiece plate signed: PL.

"Francis & Co.'s little library."--Series title, p. [i]; series list, p. [ii].

Publisher's advertisements: [2] p. at end.

BAL 3149

Rare Book copy: From the library of the Young Women's Christian Association of Brooklyn, N.Y., with its bookplate and ink stamps. Stamp on title page verso: Withdrawn from N.Y. State Library.

Rare Book copy: In brown publisher's cloth binding; blocked in blind on upper and lower covers with interlaced design around a circle containing the series title; spine blocked in gilt with title and ornamentation.