The Pet of the family
Subtitle: stories, sketches, poems and pictures for the youth
By: by celebrated authors and artists
Contributors: Hayden, Edward Parker, -1922, illustrator; Taylor, William Ladd, 1854-1926, illustrator; Hirschberg, Carl, 1854-1923, illustrator; Hopkins, Livingston, 1846-1927, illustrator; Merrill, Frank T., 1848- illustrator; Beckmann, Ludwig, 1822- illustrator; Lawson, Lizzie, illustrator; Humphrey, Maud, 1868- illustrator; Sanford, D. P., Mrs., author; Bates, Clara Doty, 1838-1895, author; Prescott, Mary N. (Mary Newmarch), 1839?-1888, author; Miller, Emily Huntington, 1833-1913, author
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Publisher: W.B. Conkey Company
Published: 1896
Place of publication: New York; Chicago
Language: eng
Copyright date: 1896
Subjects: Children; Juvenile literature; Animals; African American children; Clothing and dress; Children's stories; Children's poetry
Notes: Illustrations signed by W.H. Shelton, Parker Hayden, W.L. Taylor, Carl Hirschberg, Livingston Hopkins, F.T. Merrill, Ludwig Beckmann, Lizzie Lawson, and Maud Humphrey.

Some stories signed Mrs. D.P. Sanford and some poems signed Mrs. Clara Doty Bates, Mary N. Prescott, or Emily Huntington Miller.

Many Illustrations of children in period dress, including African American children, and shown involved in a variety of activities.

Engraved title page.

Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.