Idle hands, and other stories
By: by T.S. Arthur
Contributors: Louderbach, James W., engraver
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Publisher: Porter and Coates
Published: 1871
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Christian life; Juvenile fiction; Children's stories
Notes: Illustrations engraved by Lauderbach.

Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
Table of contents: title: Idle hands; title: The little savoyard; title: The tempter and the tempted; title: Reading the Bible; title: The talk of the neighborhood; title: Wings; title: One angry moment; title: These are my sons; title: The visit to grandfather's; title: Don't; title: The unwelcome guest; title: Mother and son; title: Look to the light; title: Easter eggs and Easter customs; title: Every little helps; title: Didn't think; title: The quick temper; title: About a little girl who wished herself a bird or a butterfly; title: Mr. Hey's five dollar bill; title: A lesson for the times; title: The temperance tract; title: The truant; title: The lost penknife; title: Flowers.