Notes—(i) This book was the first story in The Juvenile Library. Vol. I. was published in July and Vol. II. in October, 1847. In all the copies I have been able to examine pp. (299) to (302) of Vol. II. are occupied by an announcement of this library and by reviews of The Children of the New Forest itself. Whether the book, on its actual first appearance, had these pages blank or otherwise occupied I do not know, but it is certainly curious to find press notices of a story in any but subsequent issues of that story. It should be noted that the pages in question are not inset, but form the last quarter of a 16 pp. sheet.
(ii) It is rumoured in some quarters that the book, as originally issued, was dated on the title-page. I have never seen a copy so dated.
1848/9
THE LITTLE SAVAGE. By Captain Marryat, R.N. In Two Parts. Part I. First edition. London: H. Hurst, 27 King William Street, Charing Cross. 1848. Part II. First edition. London: H. Hurst and Co., King William Street, Charing Cross. 1849. 2 vols. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 6¾).
Part I. pp. (iv) [enclosing inset title-page printed in red and green] + 298 + (4). Advertisements and reviews paged 1-4 of The Juvenile Library and The Children of the New Forest occupy pp. (299) to (302).
Part II. pp. (iv.) [enclosing inset title-page printed in red and green] + 280 + (4). Advertisements and reviews of Part I. and of The Children of the New Forest paged 1-4 occupy pp. (281) to (284).
Each volume contains four line engravings printed separately. Grey-green cloth, blocked in gold. Uniform with The Children of the New Forest.
Notes—(i) Part I. was published in December, 1848, and Part II. in February, 1849.
(ii) The second edition of Part II. differs from the first in that there are preliminary pages (viii), of which p. (v) bears a note by the author's son referring to Captain Marryat's death. Frontispiece and title-page are, as previously, inset on different paper, and the latter printed in red and green.
(iii) Of Part II. only two chapters were written by Marryat.