Book of Stories; or, Allegorical Instruction and Entertainment for Children from Animated Creation.

ID 16294
Title Book of Stories; or, Allegorical Instruction and Entertainment for Children from Animated Creation.
Contributors
Signed Author Anonymous.
Pseudonym
Firms
Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination 23, [1]
Date of Publication 1829
Edition Statement
Edition Number
Date of First Publication
Imprint Printed and sold by Mahlon Day, at the New Juvenile Book-store, no. 376, Pearl-Street.
Colophon
Copyright Statement
Location of Printing New York US
Format
Length (cm) 15
Width (cm)
Price (pound)
Price (shilling)
Price (pence)
Total Price (in pence)
Non-UK Price
Genre
Sources
Shelfmarks
Notes AAS notes:
"We have compiled the following stories from that well known and excellent book for youth, called 'Evenings at home,' by Mrs. Barbauld and Dr. Aikin ..."--Preface, p. [2]. This same preface in the 1830 edition is signed: M.D. [i.e., Mahlon Day].
First and last page blank; pasted to printed wrapper.
Wood engravings signed by Alexander Anderson.
"Children's books, published by Mahlon Day ... (Price 12 1/2 cts. each.) ..."--advertisement, back cover.
Shoemaker, R.H. Checklist of American imprints for 1820-1829,
Pomeroy, J.R. Alexander Anderson, 1775-1870,
The young mouse. A fable -- The wasp and bee. A fable -- The discontented squirrel -- Mouse, lap-dog, and monkey. A fable -- The little dog. A fable -- The goose and horse. A fable -- The rat with a bell. A fable -- The dog and his relations -- The hog and other animals.
Catalogued
American Antiquarian Society copy inscribed: May Davis.
Hand-Verified No
Verified No
Attempted Verification Yes

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Aikin, John, Barbauld, Anna Laetitia. Book of Stories; or, Allegorical Instruction and Entertainment for Children from Animated Creation.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 16294, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/16294. Accessed 2025-10-30. 

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  year={1829},
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