The happy family, or Winter evenings' employment
Subtitle: Consisting of readings and conversations. : In seven parts
By: By a friend of youth. ; [Four lines of verse]
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 34854
Publisher: Printed and sold by J.C. Totten, no. 9 Bowery.
Published: 1815
Place of publication: New-York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Children's stories; Conduct of life; Juvenile fiction; Animals; Slavery; Temperance; Time management; Sabbath
Notes: An abridgment of a longer book with the same title first issued by Increase Cooke & Co. of New Haven in 1803.

"I have enriched my little volume with passages from various admired authors; particularly from the late incomparable work of Hannah More ..."--Preface to the 1803 edition, p. [v].

"John C. Totten ... has for sale a very extensive collection books for children: And a general assortment of school books ..."--advertisement, back cover.

Shaw & Shoemaker 34854

Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 487.5

Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.