A treasury of pleasure books for young children
Subtitle: with more than one hundred illustrations by John Absolon and Harrison Weir
By: edited by Joseph Cundall
Contributors: Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875, contributor; Absolon, John, 1815-1895, illustrator; Weir, Harrison, 1824-1906, illustrator; Mason, Walter George, 1820-1866, engraver; Green, W. T., active 1837-1872, engraver; Sedgfield, William Russell, 1826-1902, engraver; Harrall, Horace, engraver; Greenaway & Wright
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Publisher: William G. Baker
Published: 1850
Place of publication: Lowell [Massachusetts]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
Subjects: Children's stories; Children's poetry
Notes: "To the children of America these old stories of old England are dedicated, with a hearty wish that they may tend to strengthen the bonds of sympathy between the children of America and the children of England."--dedication, page [ii].

Illustrations engraved on wood by W. Russell Sedgfield, Horace Harrall, Walter G. Mason, W.T. Green and "Greenaway & Wright."

Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
Table of contents: title: The history of little Bo-Peep; title: The simple story of Simple Simon; title: The history of Mother Goose and her son Jack; title: The house that Jack built; title: Maja's alphabet; title: The courtship and wedding of Cock Robin and Jenny Wren : with an account of the doleful death of Cock Robin; title: The death and burial of Cock Robin; title: The cat and the mouse who play'd in the farm-house; title: The wonderful story of Henny-Penny; title: The old dame and her silver sixpence; title: The robin's Yule song; title: The life and death of Jenny Wren; title: The frog who would a-wooing go; title: Old Mother Hubbard and her dog; title: The bear and the children : from Andersen's "Picture book without pictures" / translated by Meta Taylor; title: The courtship and wedding of the little man and the little maid; title: The story of the three bears; title: The fox and the geese : an antient nursery tale; title: The story of Tom the piper's son, who play'd his pipe and made great fun; title: The history of little Goody Two-shoes.