The parent's offering to a good child : a collection of interesting tales

The parent's offering to a good child : a collection of interesting tales. Embellished with thirteen handsomely coloured engravings. ''Price One-Shilling.''--foot of t.-p. Approximate earliest date established from Brown, P. London publishers and printers c. 1800-1870, p. 54, 137. Latest date based on inscription in UCLA copy. Wood-engraved illustrations and frontis., included in pagination, are hand-coloured. Contains Mrs. Danby and her daughter Louisa -- The forward child properly corrected -- Complaisance towards others brings its own rewards -- The flower-garden, or, The thoughtless brother and sister -- The wayward child, or, Punishment and reproof superseded by prompt obedience -- We are all dependent upon one another -- Example is better than precept.