The birthday party
Subtitle: a story for little folks
By: by Oliver Optic, author of "The boat club," "All aboard," "Now or never," "Try again," "Poor and proud," "Little by little," &c
Contributors: Andrew, John, 1815-1875, engraver
Series: Riverdale story books; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Publisher: Lee and Shepard
Published: 1865
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
Copyright date: 1862
Subjects: Birthdays; Juvenile literature; Charity; Children's parties; Sunday school literature
Other titles: Birth-day party
Notes: Series statement from added, illustrated title-page.

Wood-engravings: frontispiece, added title page, text illustrations, tail-pieces. Added title page engraved by John Andrew.

At head of title: The Riverdale books.

Poem "Lizzie": pages 92-96.

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