Pictures and stories for the young; or Pleasing tales, in poetry and prose
Subtitle: Embellished with numerous engravings
Series: Babcock's moral, instructive and amusing toy books. No. 4, or Six cent toys; Babcock's moral, instructive and amusing toy books
Publisher: Printed and published by S. Babcock
Published: 1841
Place of publication: New-Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Fashion; Conduct of life; Missing children; Juvenile poetry; Juvenile fiction; Church attendance; Animals; Children; Talebearing in children
Other titles: Stories for the young.
Notes: In printed wrapper; pictorial cover; series statement from wrapper; title vignette; publishers' advertising matter on page [4] of wrapper.

Caption title varies: Stories for the young.

Wood-engraving on p. [1] of wrapper signed: Roberts.

Text in English.

Catalogued 20160527 bhealy

Boston Public Library (Jordan Collection) copy bound in blue-green printed pictorial paper wrapper. Bound to gatherings with stitched black thread along spine-edge. Printed on wove papers. Housed in protective archival envelope. Pages [3-4] of wrapper absent. Second-hand price in pencil script at head of title.

Boston Public Library Jordan Collection copy lacking wrapper p. [3-4].
Table of contents: title: The tattler; title: Playing in church; title: Lost in the woods; title: Honest Tray; title: The old frock; title: Corners of time; title: The captive bird; title: The owl and magpie. A fable.