SONGS FOR THE LITTLE ONES AT HOME
Cloth
by Anonymous
New York: American Tract Society, 1852. Cloth. Good. 32mo - over 4" - 5" Tall. No Edition Stated. 288 pp. Some rubbing covers and croners, threading at heel, crown of spine. Flyleaf has original ift date of Dec. 25. 1878, then in pencil on next page, owenr's name in pencile from 1915. Some foxing in text, some coloring in illustrations. Children's poetry, supposed to be edifying, but quite morbid, sentimental, and bigoted, depicting 'heathen mothers' throwing their children into the river, idle children, children who don't wash their hands, etc. (Inventory #: 008874)