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
Place of publication: New-York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Heroes; Juvenile literature; Children; Conduct of life; Early works to 1800; Courage; Children's stories
Notes: Written by Increase N. Tarbox.

Illustrations signed: DCH [Dewitt C. Hitchcock].

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

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].