47, [1] pages. 12 full-page hand-coloured illustrations. Last page blank. Text largely in words of one syllable. From the Tiny library for Tiny People, to Teach them to Read Series.Series statement at head of title. Leaves slightly thumbed, browned and edge worn. Original pale yellow endpapers. Contemporary ownership inscription on front paste-down endpaper, dated 1871. Provenance: Charlie Strong. 60 x 85 mm. Original green publisher's cloth. Gilt motif of small child in flower bed in gilt on upper cover with blind stamped borders. Binding a little rubbed and particularly at head and tail of spine. Not in Bondy, nor Spielmann, nor Welsh. OCLC, 191314996. WorldCat locates a single copy worldwide (American Antiquarian Society). Davis, Porter & Co. published at 21 South Sixth St., Philadelphia, from 1865 to 1866. The cloth used for the binding may contain lead and arsenic. The chemical process used between 1830-90 for creating attractive emerald green pigment was not then known to be toxic - it was even used for selling chocolates from an arsenic chocolate box! But, if treated with respect, and if hands and touching surfaces are washed afterwards, there need not be personal exposure to any hazardous content.