The Youth's sketch book
Subtitle: being a selection of tales for children
Contributors: Fisher, Alvan, 1792-1863, illustrator; Singleton, Henry, 1766-1839, illustrator; Gallaudet, Edward, 1809-1847, engraver; Andrews, Joseph, 1806-1873, engraver; Pelton, Oliver, 1798-1882, engraver; Pease, Joseph Ives, 1809-1883, engraver; B.B. Mussey and Company; Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry
Publisher: Benjamin B. Mussey & Co., no. 29 Cornhill
Published: 1849
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Children's stories; Children's poetry; Grandmothers; Juvenile fiction; Animals; Missing children; Black people; Birds; Sailors; Juvenile poetry; Play; Animal welfare; Botany; Letter writing; Physics; Death; Temperance
Other titles: Sketch book.
Notes: "The contents of this little volume are principally original; some parts, however, are borrowed from sources with which many of our young readers are not probably familiar. ... Two of the engravings are from original designs by a native artist"--Preface, p. [5]. In verse and prose; some signed by various authors. Includes a brief description of New Holland on p. 16-22.

Frontispiece plate title and date varies: Sketch book 1847.

Copyright 1848 by Benjamin B. Mussey & Co.

"Stereotyped at the Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry."--verso of title page.

In black and blue striped cloth.

Plates engraved on metal by Edward Gallaudet, Joseph Andrews, Oliver Pelton, and Joseph Ives Pease, from designs by Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Alvan Fisher, and Singleton. [i.e., Henry Singleton?].