| Description |
xxvi, 389 p. 38 pl., col. front. 22 cm. |
| Note |
Title-page illustrated in color. |
| Contents |
The history of little Jack -- The good-natured little boy and the ill-natured little boy / Thomas Day -- The purple jar / Maria Edgeworth -- Little Robert and the owl / Mrs. Sherwood -- Trial of a complaint made against sundry persons for breaking in the windows of Dorothy Careful, widow and dealer in gingerbread / John Aikin, A.L. Barbauld -- The basket-woman / Maria Edgeworth -- Limby Lumpy / anon. -- The little blue bag / A.C. Mant -- The oyster patties / anon. -- The changeling / Mary Lamb -- The sea voyage / Charles Lamb -- Embellishment / Jacob Abbott -- The misses / A.L. Barbauld -- The robbers' cave / anon. -- The inquisitive girl / anon. -- Helen Holmes; or, The villager metamorphosed / Caroline Barnard -- Bob and Dog Quiz / anon. -- A plot of gunpowder; or, The history of an old lady who was seized for a guy / Peter Parley -- Uncle David's nonsensical story about giants and fairies / Catherine Sinclair. |
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