ILLUSTRATIONS
Reading edition
The Devil and the Disobedient Child Frontispiece
From “The Prodigal Daughter.” Sold at the Printing Office, No. 5, Cornhill, Boston. [J. and J. Fleet, 1789?]
Facing Page
The Devil appears as a French Gentleman 26
From “The Prodigal Daughter.” Sold at the Printing Office, No. 5, Cornhill, Boston. [J. and J. Fleet, 1789?]
Title-page from “The Child’s New Play-thing” 44
Printed by J. Draper; J. Edwards in Boston [1750]. Now in the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations
Title-page from “A Little Pretty Pocket-Book” 47
Printed by Isaiah Thomas, Worcester, MDCCLXXXVII. Now in the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations
A page from “A Little Pretty Pocket-Book” 49
Printed by Isaiah Thomas, Worcester, MDCCLXXXVII. Now in the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations
John Newbery’s Advertisement of Children’s Books 60
From the “Pennsylvania Gazette” of November 15, 1750
Title-page of “The New Gift for Children” 70
Printed by Zechariah Fowle, Boston, 1762. Now in the Library of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Miss Fanny’s Maid 74
Illustration from “The New Gift for Children,” printed by Zechariah Fowle, Boston, 1762. Now in the Library of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
A page from a Catalogue of Children’s Books printed by Isaiah Thomas 106
From “The Picture Exhibition,” Worcester, MDCCLXXXVIII
Illustration of Riddle XIV 110
From “The Puzzling-Cap,” printed by John Adams, Philadelphia, 1805
Frontispiece from “The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes” 117
From one of The First Worcester Edition, printed by Isaiah Thomas in MDCCLXXXVII. Now in the Library of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Sir Walter Raleigh and his Man 125
Copper-plate illustration from “Little Truths,” printed in Philadelphia by J. and J. Crukshank in 1800
Foot Ball 126
Copper-plate illustration from “Youthful Recreations,” printed in Philadelphia by Jacob Johnson about 1802
Jacob Johnson’s Book-Store in Philadelphia about 1800 155
A Wall-paper Book-Cover 165
From “Lessons for Children from Four to Five Years Old,” printed in Wilmington (Delaware) by Peter Brynberg in 1804
Tom the Piper’s Son 170
Illustration and text engraved on copper by William Charles, of Philadelphia, in 1808
A Kind and Good Father 172
Woodcut by Alexander Anderson for “The Prize for Youthful Obedience,” printed in Philadelphia by Jacob Johnson in 1807
A Virginian 174
Illustration from “People of all Nations,” printed in Philadelphia by Jacob Johnson in 1807
A Baboon 174
Illustration from “A Familiar Description of Beasts and Birds,” printed in Boston by Lincoln and Edmands in 1813
Drest or Undrest 176
Illustration from “The Daisy,” published by Jacob Johnson in 1808
Little Nancy 182
Probably engraved by William Charles for “Little Nancy, or, the Punishment of Greediness,” published in Philadelphia by Morgan & Yeager about 1830
Children of the Cottage 196
Engraved by Joseph I. Pease for “The Youth’s Sketch Book,” published in Boston by Lilly, Wait and Company in 1834
Henrietta 200
Engraved by Thomas Illman for “The American Juvenile Keepsake,” published in Brockville, U. C., by Horace Billings & Co. in 1835
A Child and her Doll 206
Illustration from “Little Mary,” Part II, published in Boston by Cottons and Barnard in 1831
The Little Runaway 227
Drawn and engraved by J. W. Steel for “Affection’s Gift,” published in New York by J. C. Riker in 1832