The wonders of home
Subtitle: in eleven stories
By: by Grandfather Grey.
Contributors: Gilbert & Rivington
Edition: Third edition, with eight illustrations.
Publisher: Griffith and Farran (successors to Newbery and Harris)
Published: 1860
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
Subjects: Illustrated children's books -- Specimens.; Science -- Juvenile literature.; Technology -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Specimens.; Juvenile literature.
Notes: Wood-engraved plates are unsigned.  All are with captions.

Plates are the same as those used in an 1850 edition of this title published by Grant and Griffith.  See McLean D 0466.7.

"I have attempted in the following pages, with what success it is not for me to determine, to tell children about the Wonders of Science with which they are surrounded.  My belief is, that it is wise to cultivate a wholesome spirit of inquiry in the minds of the young--to lead them to seek knowledge--rather than to drag them to their lessons; and I hope that my stories of common household objects may be the means of directing the minds of many young people to the consideration of the toil and ingenuity, at the cost of which they enjoy so many comforts in their modern home."--Preface.

Publisher's advertisements on p. [1]-32 at end.

MASS copy: Bound in horizontal rib-grain cloth blocked in gold and blind.  Upper cover blocked in gold with title and border design incorporating miniature illustrations similar to those within the text.  With pale yellow glazed endpapers.