The gold thread
Subtitle: a story for the young
By: by the Rev. Norman MacLeod ... ; illustrated by J. D. Watson, Gourlay Steell, and J. MacWhirter.
Contributors: Watson, John Dawson, 1832-1892.; Steele, Gourlay, 1819-1894.; MacWhirter, John, 1839-1911.; Paterson, Robert, fl. 1860-1899.; Dalziel Brothers.; Ballantyne & Company
Publisher: Alex. Strahan & Co.; Hamilton, Adams, & Co.
Published: 1861
Place of publication: Edinburgh; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 68
Subjects: Gift books -- Specimens.; Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature.; Christian life -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Specimens.; Juvenile literature.
Notes: T.p. and text printed within black double rule border.

Wood-engraved plates are signed as engraved by R. Paterson and Dalziel.  Illustrations within the text are unsigned.

Includes large wood-engraved illustrated initial.

"I dedicate this story to you, because it was for you I first wrote it, and to you I first read it among the green hills of Moffat.  It was afterwards printed in "Good Words", and now you see it again appears as a little book for other children, who, I hope, will like it as much as you do."--To my children.

First appeared in the periodical "Good Words", which was edited by Dr. Macleod and was published in Edinburgh from January, 1860, to April, 1906.  Cf. St. John, Judith.  Osborne collection of early children's books, Vol. I, 1958.

St. John, Judith. Osborne collection of early children's books, Vol. I, p. 369.

MASS copy: Bound in lavender diagonal wave-grain cloth blocked in gold and blind.  Boards with bevelled edges; a.e.g.  With green-beige painted endpapers.