The basket of flowers, and other tales
By: translated from the German of Christopher von Smhidt, author of "Rose of Tannebourg," "Godfrey, the little hermit," etc., etc., etc
Contributors: Bedell, Gregory T. (Gregory Townsend), 1793-1834, translator
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Publisher: Milner and Sowerby
Published: 1862
Place of publication: Halifax
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
Subjects: Christian life; Juvenile fiction; Girls; Conduct of life; Early works to 1800; Children and death; Easter stories; Christmas stories; Emigration and immigration; Clergy; Good and evil; Children's stories, English; Translations from German; Children's stories, German; Translations into English
Work titles: Blumenkörbchen
Notes: Translation from a French version of Christoph von Schmid's Das Blumenkörbchen--Cf. NUC pre-1956 imprints.

" ... story was first read in French ... the translation is a very free one; and in many places large omissions are made, and in others considerable additions will be found"--Introduction, (signed by) G.T.B. (i.e. Gregory Townsend Bedell).

Added engraved title page.

Ill. drawn and engraved by W. Banks & Son.

Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
Table of contents: title: The basket of flowers; title: The Easter eggs; title: Christmas Eve; title: Lewis, the little emigrant; title: The good Fridolin and the wicked Thierry; title: The pet lamb.