Wood-engravings signed by William Howland; Lossing and Co.; Benjamin F. Pease; Bobbett and Edmonds; William Barritt; and Bobbett and Hooper.
"Harper's picture books for the nursery. Learning to talk. Learning to think. Learning to read. Learning about common things. Learning about right and wrong. By Jacob Abbott. In five volumes, each volume complete in itself."--series title page. Series copyright 1854 by Harper & Brothers.
Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.