The blossoms of morality
Subtitle: Intended for the amusement and instruction of young ladies and gentlemen
By: By the editor of The looking-glass for the mind. ; With fifty-one wood cuts
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 1866
Publisher: Printed and published by David Longworth, at the Shakspeare Gallery.
Published: 1802
Place of publication: New-York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Children's stories; Conduct of life; Juvenile fiction; Nature stories; Muslims; Sunday schools; Parent and child; Sex role; Pride and vanity; Gambling
Other titles: Youth's library.
Notes: "The looking-glass is a very free translation of some of the most interesting tales of Mons. Berquin, and other foreign writers. ... May these blossoms of morality, ... ripen to maturity, ..."--Advertisement, p. [3-5].

Running title: Youth's library. Blossoms of morality.

Commonly attributed to Arnaud Berquin and Richard Johnson. Cf. Weedon, M.J.P. "Richard Johnson and the successors of John Newbery." The Library, 5th series, 4 (1949): 37, 42-43. Apparently, Richard Johnson occasionally used the pseudonym, "the Rev. Mr. Cooper," a name also associated with The blossoms of morality. Welch attributes the text to Richard Johnson.

Wood engravings by Alexander Anderson. "A. Anderson fecit."--wood-engraved vignette, p. 258.

Shaw & Shoemaker 1866

Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 669.5

Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.