Simple stories
By: by the author of The pastime of learning
Contributors: Bowen, Abel, 1790-1850, engraver; Hall, John H., engraver; Hartwell, Alonzo, 1805-1873, engraver; Welsh, Jane Kilby, 1783?-; Welsh, Jane Kilby, 1783?-; Welsh, Jane Kilby, 1783?-; Welsh, Jane Kilby, 1783?-; Welsh, Jane Kilby, 1783?-; Welsh, Jane Kilby, 1783?-; Welsh, Jane Kilby, 1783?-; Welsh, Jane Kilby, 1783?-; Welsh, Jane Kilby, 1783?-
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Publisher: Cottons and Barnard
Published: 1832
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Subjects: Children's stories; Conduct of life; Juvenile fiction; Brothers and sisters; Children; Death; Religious aspects; School children; Gardening; Needlework; Books and reading; Seasons; Orphanages; Book industries and trade; Temperance
Notes: A collection of nine stories, each with separate title page.

"The author trusts that ... her attempt to impart innocent pleasure, and to instil [sic] correct principles and the love of virtue in the minds of the rising generation, will neither be overlooked nor disregarded."--Preface, page 6.

By Jane Kilby Welsh. See title page to her View of the heathen world (Worcester, Mass.: Dorr, Howland and Co., 1834).

Imprint statement from cover.

Copyright 1831 by Cottons & Barnard.

"Clapp & Hull, printers, 184 Washington Street, Boston."--Title page verso.

Some wood engravings variously signed by John H. Hall, Abel Bowen, and "H." [i.e. Alonzo Hartwell?].

Error in pagination: pages 49-50 (seventh count) inserted backwards.

In printed boards with leather spine.

Errata note--page [4].

Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
Table of contents: title: The gold thimble; title: Jane Courtney; title: The flower girl; title: The adventures of a bodkin; title: The contrast; title: Edwin; title: Contentment; title: The little wanderers; title: My own history.