The child's book of true stories
Contributors: Hitchcock, DeWitt C., engraver
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Publisher: Leavitt & Allen
Published: 1854
Place of publication: New-York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Copyright date: 1853
Subjects: Children's stories; Biography; Juvenile literature; Courage; Heroes
Notes: Written by Increase N. Tarbox.

Illustrations signed: DCH [Dewitt C. Hitchcock].

A collection of very brief stories about historical figures and ordinary men, which extoll such virtues as courage, heroism, and justice.

Pages of illustrations printed on one side only.

Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
Table of contents: title: Story of the two Mohawks; title: Admiral Keppel and the Dey; title: Death of Colonel Gardiner; title: The careless father; title: The bravery of Lord Nelson; title: Heroic action of Kerserho; title: Story of Francis the First; title: The adopted child; title: Story of Henry the Fifth; title: Heroism of Dacheux; title: The good son; title: The humane islanders; title: A duel prevented; title: A Mandan cemetery; title: Perseverance rewarded [about Bernard Palissy, painter of glass].