ILLUSTRATIONS
| [The Devil and the Disobedient Child] | [Frontispiece] |
| From “The Prodigal Daughter.” Sold at the Printing Office, No. 5,Cornhill, Boston. [J. and J. Fleet, 1789?] | |
| Facing Page | |
| [The Devil appears as a French Gentleman] | [26] |
| From “The Prodigal Daughter.” Sold at the Printing Office, No. 5,Cornhill, Boston. [J. and J. Fleet, 1789?] | |
| [Title-page from “The Child’s New Play-thing”] | [44] |
| Printed by J. Draper; J. Edwards in Boston [1750]. Now in theNew York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations | |
| [Title-page from “A Little Pretty Pocket-Book”] | [47] |
| Printed by Isaiah Thomas, Worcester, MDCCLXXXVII. Now in theNew York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations | |
| [A page from “A Little Pretty Pocket-Book”] | [49] |
| Printed by Isaiah Thomas, Worcester, MDCCLXXXVII. Now in theNew York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations | |
| [John Newbery’s Advertisement of Children’s Books] | [60] |
| From the “Pennsylvania Gazette” of November 15, 1750 | |
| [Title-page of “The New Gift for Children”] | [70] |
| Printed by Zechariah Fowle, Boston, 1762. Now in the Library ofthe Historical Society of Pennsylvania | |
| [Miss Fanny’s Maid] | [74] |
| Illustration from “The New Gift for Children,” printed by ZechariahFowle, Boston, 1762. Now in the Library of the HistoricalSociety of Pennsylvania | |
| [A page from a Catalogue of Children’s Booksprinted by Isaiah Thomas] | [106] |
| From “The Picture Exhibition,” Worcester, MDCCLXXXVIII | |
| [Illustration of Riddle XIV] | [110] |
| From “The Puzzling-Cap,” printed by John Adams, Philadelphia,1805 | |
| [Frontispiece from “The History of Little GoodyTwo-Shoes”] | [117] |
| From one of The First Worcester Edition, printed by Isaiah Thomasin MDCCLXXXVII. Now in the Library of the Historical Society ofPennsylvania | |
| [Sir Walter Raleigh and his Man] | [125] |
| Copper-plate illustration from “Little Truths,” printed in Philadelphiaby J. and J. Crukshank in 1800 | |
| [Foot Ball] | [126] |
| Copper-plate illustration from “Youthful Recreations,” printed inPhiladelphia by Jacob Johnson about 1802 | |
| [Jacob Johnson’s Book-Store in Philadelphia about 1800] | [155] |
| [A Wall-paper Book-Cover] | [165] |
| From “Lessons for Children from Four to Five Years Old,” printedin Wilmington (Delaware) by Peter Brynberg in 1804 | |
| [Tom the Piper’s Son] | [170] |
| Illustration and text engraved on copper by William Charles, ofPhiladelphia, in 1808 | |
| [A Kind and Good Father] | [172] |
| Woodcut by Alexander Anderson for “The Prize for YouthfulObedience,” printed in Philadelphia by Jacob Johnson in 1807 | |
| [A Virginian] | [174] |
| Illustration from “People of all Nations,” printed in Philadelphia byJacob Johnson in 1807 | |
| [A Baboon] | [174] |
| Illustration from “A Familiar Description of Beasts and Birds,”printed in Boston by Lincoln and Edmands in 1813 | |
| [Drest or Undrest] | [176] |
| Illustration from “The Daisy,” published by Jacob Johnson in 1808 | |
| [Little Nancy] | [182] |
| Probably engraved by William Charles for “Little Nancy, or, thePunishment of Greediness,” published in Philadelphia by Morgan &Yeager about 1830 | |
| [Children of the Cottage] | [196] |
| Engraved by Joseph I. Pease for “The Youth’s Sketch Book,” publishedin Boston by Lilly, Wait and Company in 1834 | |
| [Henrietta] | [200] |
| Engraved by Thomas Illman for “The American Juvenile Keepsake,”published in Brockville, U. C., by Horace Billings & Co. in1835 | |
| [A Child and her Doll] | [206] |
| Illustration from “Little Mary,” Part II, published in Boston byCottons and Barnard in 1831 | |
| [The Little Runaway] | [227] |
| Drawn and engraved by J. W. Steel for “Affection’s Gift,” publishedin New York by J. C. Riker in 1832 |
CHAPTER I
Introductory
| Thy life to mend This book attend. |
| The New England Tutor |
| London (1702-14) |
| To be brought up in fear And learn A B C. |
| Foxe, Book of Martyrs |