Our darlings' surprise pictures
Contributors: Nister, Ernest, publisher; Nister, Ernest, illustrator
Publisher: Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.
Published: 1895
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 18
Subjects: Specimens; Toy and movable books
Notes: Many poems signed: F.E. Weatherly; many ill. signed: E. Nister.

"Printed in Bavaria."

Includes eight of Nister's dissolving pictures, in which paper slats slide over others to create a new scene when a paper tab is pulled.

Date of publication from Montanaro.

LC copy imperfect: two of the dissolving pictures are broken, one wanting.

Montanaro, A.R.  Pop-up and movable books, p. 214 (Montonaro records 18 p. with 8 movables, LC copy has 18 p. with 7 movables)
Table of contents: title: Land of sweet surprises; title: Dolly's complaint; title: Declined with thanks; title: Baby boy; title: The jar of roses; title: Pollie and Dick; title: Two pictures; title: L'envoi.