The evening book, or, Fireside stories
By: by John Aiken ; with illustrations by Corbould
Contributors: Corbould, Edward Henry, 1815-1905, illustrator; Mason, Walter George, 1820-1866, engraver
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Publisher: G. Routledge & Company
Published: 1852
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 412
Subjects: Biography; Juvenile fiction; History
Other titles: Fireside stories; Evening book
Notes: Plates engraved by W.G. Mason.

Spine illustration signed: J.L. [John Leighton].

Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
Table of contents: title: Hugh Aubriot, the founder of the Bastille; title: Jeannette of Domremy, or the Maid of Orleans; title: Francis Seldon; title: De Puits, or The false key; title: Mazers de Latud; title: Mohamed, or The Illustrious; title: Sir Walter Raleigh; title: The Wandering Jew; title: The trial of Johann, Heinrich and Jakob Stauff, for the murder of the Countess von Görlitz; title: Jean Fabre, or Filial devotement; title: The Princess Orsini, or Female influence on politics; title: Daniel Defoe, the true Englishman.; title: Napoleon Bonaparte's dangers and escapes, related by himself; title: Ellis and Acton Bell, or, Difficulties of authorship; title: Washington, or, True patriotism; title: The Manchester botanists, or, Science in humble life; title: Sand, the assassin of Kotzebue; title: Madame de Caen, or, Domestic mystery; title: Pius VII, or, The popedom humiliated; title: Maria Durand, or, An extraordinary goal delivery; title: Marie Louise and Longwood; title: Antonio Viterbi, or, Self-starvation.