The harvest of a quiet eye
Subtitle: leisure thoughts for busy lives
By: by the author of "Random truths in common things," etc. ; with numerous illustrations by Noel Humphreys, Harrison Weir, Wimperis, Pritchett, Miss Edwards, and other eminent artists.
Contributors: Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879.; Weir, Harrison, 1824-1906.; Wimperis, Edmund Morrison, 1835-1900.; Pritchett, R. T. 1828-1907.; Thomas, William Luson, 1830-1900.; Measom, Allen, fl. 1870-1871.; Measom, William Frederick, fl. 1840s-1876.; Cheshire, William, fl. 1862-1901.; Whymper, Josiah Wood, 1813-1903.; Dickes, William, 1815-1892.; Skelton, Percival.; R. K. Burt & Co.; Westleys & Co.; Religious Tract Society (Great Britain)
Edition: Ninth thousand.
Publisher: Religious Tract Society
Published: 1872
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Gift books -- Specimens.; Christian life.
Genres: Specimens.
Other titles: Leisure thoughts for busy lives; Harvest of a quiet eye :
Notes: Authorship taken from British Library Public Catalogue.

Date based on form of printer's name and inscription in Massey Library copy. Cf. Brown, Philip A. H.  London publishers and printers, 1982.

T.p. printed within double black rule border.

P. 133 misnumbered "13".

Wood-engraved plates included in pagination.  Most are unsigned.  Two are signed "W. Thomas" [i.e. W. L. Thomas?].  One is signed "A. Measom" and another "AM".

Most wood-engraved illustrations within the text are unsigned.  A few are signed "W. Thomas".  One is signed: "W. Measom Del + Sc.".  Other signatures include: "W. Cheshire", "Whimper Sc" [i.e. J. W. Whimper?], "W. Dickes" and "P. Skelton".

With the same wood-engraved illustrations (with some alterations) and similar setting of type as used in the "Sixth Thousand" edition of this title published [between 1867 and 1869] by The Religious Tract Society.  See McLean D 1131.

With most of  the same wood-engraved illustrations and similar setting of type as used in the "Twelfth Thousand" edition of this title published [between 1872 and 1876] by The Religious Tract Society.  See McLean D 1133.

With most of the same wood-engraved illustrations and similar setting of type (except lacking some additional text) as used in another edition of this title published [between 1878 and 1879] by The Religious Tract Society. See McLean D 1134.

Includes wood-engraved illustrated and decorative initials.

Publisher's advertisements on p. [2-5] at end.

MASS copy: Bound in blue sand-grain cloth blocked in gold and blind in the same design as McLean D 1131 and McLean D 1133.  Upper cover blocked in gold with illustration replicated from the text.  Boards with bevelled edges; a.e.g.  With binder's ticket: "Bound by  Westleys & Co.  London".  With presentation inscription dated 1874.