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CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
Books and Manuscripts
THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
GENERAL LIBRARY


CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS


26
K[EACH), B[ENJAMIN], 1640–1704. War with the Devil, or, The
Young Man's Conflict with the Powers of Darkness ... [New York:
William Bradford, 1707]
The first American, from the twelfth English edition, in a binding by Bradford. An
extensive survey of the “corruption and vanity of youth" by an English Baptist
divine intended for the “instruction of the younger sort.”
Rosenbach 7.
(The Free Library of Philadelphia)
27a THE HISTORY OF THE HOLY JESUS ... The Fourth edition.
Boston: D. Gookin, 1747
(The Connecticut Historical Society)
b
---The Fifth edition. Boston: J. Green, 1748
(American Antiquarian Society)
The earliest surviving editions of this famous Colonial children's book. The sixteen
woodcuts have been attributed to James Turner, American artist and engraver who
died in Philadelphia in 1759. They have a delightfully naïve and primitive quality.
See Sabin 84553.
28
BIBLE. A Curious Hieroglyphick Bible; or, Select Passages in the
Old and New Testaments, represented with emblematical Figures for
the Amusement of Youth ... Worcester, Mass.: Isaiah Thomas, 1788
Although hieroglyphical Bibles enjoyed considerable popularity in late eighteenth-
century America as a means of teaching the Holy Scriptures to the young, this pres-
ent edition is apparently the first to be printed in the United States. One of three
recorded perfect copies.
Rosenbach 128.
(Mr. Edgar S. Oppenheimer)
29
BIBLE. The Holy Bible Abridged: or, The History of the Old and
New Testament illustrated with Notes, and adorned with Cuts. For
the Use of Children. Boston: R. Hodge for N. Coverly, [1782]
The first American edition of this agreeable attempt to introduce children to the
Scriptures. It had been published by John Newbery in England about thirty years
earlier. The woodcuts are crude and plentiful.
Rosenbach 92.
(The Free Library of Philadelphia)
30 BIBLE. The Holy Bible Abridged: or, The History of the Old and
New Testament. Illustrated with Notes, and adorned with Cuts, for
the Use of Children. New-York: Hodge, Allen, and Campbell, 1790
This edition is of interest for the woodcut frontispiece by Peter Maverick, aged nine.
Maverick later achieved distinction as an engraver and was one of the founders of
the National Academy of Design.
(Mr. Edgar S. Oppenheimer)


31 KEACH, B[ENJAMIN], 1640–1704. Instructions for Children: or,
The Child's and Youth's Delight ... London: J. How, (c.1710]
Actually a comprehensive manual for the education of children, graded from the
ABC and catechism to tables of coinage and weights and measures and a dictionary
of difficult words. The delight called for in the title must have been lessened by
the stern religious tone which pervades the entire book.
NBL 45.
(Mr. Edgar S. Oppenheimer)
32 A GUIDE FOR THE CHILD AND YOUTH. In two parts. First, for
Children: Containing plain and pleasant Directions to read English
... The Second, for Youth: Teaching to Write, Cast Account, and
Read more perfectly ... By T. H., M. A. Teacher of a private School.
London: J. Roberts, for the Company of Stationers, 1723
The first edition of a remarkable compendium of useful information for young
scholars. It includes important features of primer, catechism and arithmetic, but of
particular interest are four plates of copies illustrating the Secretary, Round,
Roman and Italian hands.
NBL 83 (date should be 1723).
(Mr. Edgar S. Oppenheimer)
33 [LATIN-FRENCH GLOSSARY: NOUNS). This volume was com-
piled for the use of Louis de France, “le Grand Dauphin.” The manu-
script is signed by the calligrapher Estienne Damoiselet and dated
1666. The Dauphin was then five years old. In the original binding,
lettered “Ad Usum Delphini”
The Pierpont Morgan Library, M. 22.
34 CULMANN, LEONHARD, 14987-1562. Sententiæ Pueriles Anglo-
Latinæ ... Boston: B. Green & J. Allen for Samuel Phillips, 1702
The first American edition of a popular and important European textbook. The
text consists of sentences of graduated difficulty in Latin and in English. Charles
Hoole, who also translated Comenius (see no. 55), first prepared this edition for Eng-
lish students in 1658.
Rosenbach 4.
(Mr. Edgar S. Oppenheimer)
35 WEBSTER, NOAH, 1758–1843. A Grammatical Institute, of the
English Language ... Part I. ... Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin, for
the Author, [1783]
The first edition of the first part of America's most famous schoolbook; one of seven
recorded copies. Webster's "Spelling Book” or “Blue-backed Speller,” as this book


English edition. The Orbis Sensualium Pictus, which had an active life of nearly
200 years, was the international textbook from which are descended the illustrated
textbooks of today.
Wing C 5523.
(Mr. Edgar S. Oppenheimer)
56 LANG, KARL. Kleine Bilder-Encyklopädie, zum Nutzen und Ver-
gnügen für Knaben und Mädchen. Berlin: Bei Oehmigke dem jung-
ern, 1808
A fine example of an early nineteenth-century pictorial binding on a book for
children.
(Mr. Edgar S. Oppenheimer)
57
[ABBOTT, JACOB), 1803–1879. The Little Scholar Learning to
Talk. A Picture Book for Rollo. By His Father. Boston: John Allen
and Co., 1835
The twenty-eight Rollo books were much admired for their sound scholarship and
lively presentation of factual materials. The present volume, one of two known
copies, is the first and rarest of the series; it contains many woodcuts with accom-
panying text to be read to the child. “Rollo” grew up to become the Reverend
Lyman Abbott, a distinguished minister and editor.
Blanck.
(Mr. Clifton Waller Barrett)
58 L'A, B, C, OV INSTRUCTION POVR LES PETIS ENFANS. Après
laquelle s'ensuit La Civilité Pverile. Anvers: Christophe Plantin,
1564.
A brief ABC manual followed by longer sections on courtesy and behavior. Though
the somewhat undecipherable lettre de civilité would seem to be an appropriate
type for a book on this subject, the modern reader welcomes the guiding presence
of an ABC. Perhaps the children of Plantin's day did too! This copy is believed to
be unique.
(Mr. Edgar S. Oppenheimer)
59 A LITTLE BOOK FOR LITTLE CHILDREN, Wherein are set
down several Directions for Little Children: and several Remarkable
Stories both Ancient and Modern, of Little Children. Divers whereof
are of those who are Lately Deceased. Boston: T. Green, for Nicholas
Buttolph, 1702
The only known copy of this earliest American edition of a compendium of rules
for juvenile conduct and a collection of stories of deaths and martyrdoms, all writ-
ten with a terrifying awareness of the Judgment Day.
(American Antiquarian Society)


rected, and adorned with fine cuts. Hague: Printed for Van Os: and
Sold by Pridden, London, 1765
With a series of new illustrations. “The Discreet Princess” has a separate title-page
dated 1764.
104 Histories, or Tales of passed Times. With Morals. Written in French
by M. Perrault. And Englished by R. S. Glasgow: Robert Duncan,
1769
(Col. David McC. McKell)
105 Mother Goose's Tales. Histories or Tales of past Times. With Morals.
Written in French, by Monsieur Perrault. Englished by R. Samber,
Gent. Edinburgh: D. Paterson, 1780
Includes “The Discreet Princess” and a new story, “The Widow and her Two
Daughters.”
(Mrs. Sherman P. Haight)
106
The Histories of passed Times, or the Tales of Mother Goose. With
Morals; by M. Perrault. A new edition, to which are added two
Novels, viz. The Discreet Princess, and the Widow and her Two
Daughters. London printed; and sold at Brussels, by B. Le Francq,
1785. Two volumes
In French and English; the Samber translation. With a frontispiece and nine full-
page engravings, unsigned.
NBL 393
(Mr. Edgar S. Oppenheimer)
107 Winlove, Solomon. An Approved Collection of Entertaining Stories.
Worcester, Mass.: Isaiah Thomas, 1789
Includes “The Story of Cinderella,” and “The Story of Little Red Riding Hood,”
the first appearance of these stories in America. The volume is copied from an
English edition.
(Dr. d’Alté A. Welch)
108 Fairy Tales, or Histories of past Times. With Morals ... Haverhill
[Mass.]: Peter Edes, 1794
The unique copy of the first American edition of the eight tales and “The Discreet
Princess.” One of the first books printed in this New England city.
Evans 29299
(The Haverhill Public Library)


popularity many traditional fairy tales. The color and beauty of Wilde's writing
appeal to adults as well as children. The illustrations are by Walter Crane and
G. P. Jacomb Hood.
138 LANG, ANDREW, 1844–1912. The Violet Fairy Book. New York
[etc.]: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901
Lang, the versatile Scottish scholar, edited many collections of fairy tales. These
volumes, each with a different color in the title and with illustrations by H. J.
Ford, gave many children their introduction to the world of fantasy and imagi-
nation.
(Mrs. John D. Gordan)
139 THURBER, JAMES, 1894- . The 13 Clocks. New York: Simon
and Schuster, [1950]
A fairy tale with philosophical and poetical overtones which has already become
a favorite of many young people and adults. It also attracted a wide audience when
it was presented in a version for television. The illustrations are by Mark Simont.
(Miss Lauren Adams)


185 CALDECOTT, RANDOLPH, 1846–1886. A selection of drawings
and hand-colored proofs for The Farmer's Boy. On the proofs, which
are printed in outline, the artist has washed in color as an indication
to the printer of the final appearance of the picture. The pencilled
marginal comments are by Caldecott. (c.1880]
NBL 712a.
(Mr. Edgar S. Oppenheimer)
186 STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS, 1850–1894. A Child's Garden of
Verses. London: Longmans, Green, 1885
The first English edition and a presentation copy from the author to his nurse,
Alison Cunningham, 10th March, 1885.
(The New York Public Library)
187 FIELD, EUGENE, 1850–1895. A Little Book of Western Verse. Chi-
cago: 1889
A large paper copy of the first edition. This collection contains “Wynken, Blynken,
and Nod,” and “Little Boy Blue," which tells of the faithfulness with which the
toys of the little boy who has died await his return. Both poems are favorites with
young and old.
(Mr. Arthur Swann)
188 BURGESS, [FRANK] GELETT, 1866–1951. The Purple Cow. In:
The Lark. San Francisco. No. 1 (May 1, 1895)
The first appearance of an immortal verse.
(Col. David McC. McKell)
189 MILNE, A LAN] A[LEXANDER), 1882- . When We Were
Very Young. London: Methuen & Co., [1924]
A large paper copy of the first edition, signed by the author and the artist, Ernest
H. Shepard. Milne's poems for children, many of which concern his son, Christopher
Robin, are universally popular and perhaps destined to be adopted as true nursery
rhymes.
(The New York Public Library)
190 MILNE, A[LAN] A[LEXANDER), 1882– . When We Were
Very Young. The original manuscripts of the poems “Disobedience”
and "The King's Breakfast.” With the original sketches by E. H.
Shepard for the decorations for these poems
(Mr. Carl H. Pforzheimer)


192 THE HISTORY OF LITTLE GOODY TWO-SHOES; Otherwise
called, Mrs. Margery Two-Shoes . . . A New Edition, Corrected. Lon-
don: J. Newbery, 1766
One of two recorded copies of the second and first surviving edition of Newbery's
most famous publication. There is evidence that Oliver Goldsmith had a hand in
writing this celebrated tale of the poor child whose great delight at having a pair of
shoes brought her a nickname. First printed in 1765, it went through innumerable
editions in England and America.
NBL 629.
(Mr. Edgar S. Oppenheimer)
193 THE HISTORY OF LITTLE GOODY TWO-SHOES; Otherwise
called, Mrs. Margery Two-Shoes ... New-York: H. Gaine, 1775
The first American edition. The text follows that of the English edition and the
woodcuts have been crudely redrawn.
Evans 14117.
(Mr. Edgar S. Oppenheimer)
194 THE HISTORY OF LITTLE GOODY TWOSHOES; Otherwise
called Mrs. Margery Twoshoes ... Worcester, Mass.: Isaiah Thomas,
1787
The second American edition. A few changes were made in the dedication and text
to orient the work for American readers. With new cuts more closely based on those
of the Newbery editions.
NBL 633a.
(Mr. Edgar S. Oppenheimer)
195 [DAY, THOMAS), 1748-1789. The History of Sandford and Merton,
a Work intended for the Use of Children. London: J. Stockdale,
1783–1789. Three volumes
The first edition of one of the most famous of moral tales. The three volumes were
published in 1783, 1786 and 1789 and volume one was issued without a frontispiece.
The education of the young heroes by the local clergyman, Mr. Barlow, involves
moral anecdotes and comments which are usually long and tedious, and the slender
narrative is drowned in an excess of sentimentality. It would be difficult today to
hire a boy to read it. The present set was presented by Day to Mrs. Sarah Bicknell
whom he had adopted, educated and hoped to make his wife. Instead she married
his best friend. A delightful account of Thomas Day is given by a former owner of
these volumes, A. Edward Newton, in his This Book-Collecting Game.
(Mr. Charles J. Rosenbloom)
196 BERQUIN, ARNAUD, 1747–1791. L'Ami des Enfans. Nouvelle
édition. Paris: Au Bureau de L'Ami des Enfans, 1789
The first three volumes of an important edition of this celebrated collection of
moral tales from many sources. L'Ami des Enfans first appeared in 1782 and was


Peter Pan, 219, 289
Peter Parley, 49
Peter Piper, 43
Peter Prim, 63
Peter Rabbit, 262-4
Petit Prince, 222
Pierpont, John, 38
Pinocchio, 217–18
Pirates, 223
Pollyanna, 257
Porter, Eleanor H., 257
Potter, Beatrix, 262–7
Practical Education, 53
Precepts for Christian Practice, 21
Primer or Lesson Book, 1
Prince and the Pauper, 239
Protestant Tutor, 6
Punch and Judy, 291
Purple Cow, 188
Punctuation Personified, 44
Pyle, Howard, 245
Pyrnelle, Louise-Clarke, 273
Simont, Mark, 139
Sinbad, 84
Sir Hornbook, 42
Sketch Book, 228-9
Slovenly Peter, 208
Smith, Gean, 240
Snelling, W. J., 52
Some Very Gentle Touches, 177
Songs for the Nursery, 171
Southey, Robert, 124–5
Spiritual Milk, 22
Spyri, Johanna, 252
Stein, Gertrude, 278-9
Stella, Jacques, 141
Stevenson, R. L., 186, 241
Story of a Bad Boy, 235
Story of Ferdinand, 272
Story of Joseph, 19
Story of the Three Bears, 124–5
Story of the Whistle, 284-5
Straparola, G., 74
Struwwelpeter, 205–8
Stuart Little, 298
Swift, Jonathan, 202
Swiss Family Robinson, 204
Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur, 116
Rackham, Arthur, 289
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, 255
Reynard the Fox, 73
Rice, Alice Caldwell, 253–4
Rip Van Winkle, 228–9
Robertson, Graham, 269
Robin Hood's Garland, 145
Robinson Crusoe, 201, 203-4
Rollo, 57
Roscoe, William, 167–9
Rose and the Ring, 134-5
Royal Primer, 8
Rudiments of Grammar, 40
Ruskin, John, 129–30
Tabvlae Abcdariae Pueriles, 2
Tagg, Tommy, 146
Tailor of Gloucester, 265
Tale of Peter Rabbit, 262–4
Tales of Mother Goose, 87–116
Tales from Shakespear, 199
Tales of Travels, 52
Tanglewood Tales, 133
Tarkington, Booth, 247-8
Taylor, Ann, 160-2
Taylor, Isaac, 162
Taylor, Jane, 160, 162
Tenniel, Sir John, 211-12, 214-15
Thackeray, W. M., 134-5
13 Clocks, 139
Thompson, Ernest Seton, 261
Three Bears, 124–5
Through the Looking-Glass, 215
Thurber, James, 139
Tin Woodman of Oz, 220–1
Toby Tyler, 238
Token for Children, 25
Tom Brown's School Days, 231
Tom Sawyer, 236,7
Tom Thumb, 79–82
Tom Thumb's Little Book, 11
Tom Thumb's Play-Book, 10
Tommy Thumb's Song-Book, 175
Saint-Exupéry, A. de, 222
Salzmann, C. G., 197
Samber, Robert, 101–2, 103–6, 109, 112
Sandford and Merton, 195
School of Good Manners, 62
Scott, Sir Walter, 224-5
Seton, Ernest Thompson, 261
Seven Famous Champions, 78
Seven Voyages of Sinbad, 84
Sewell, Anna, 259
Shakespeare, William, 38, 199, 246
Shepard, E. H., 189-90
Shepard, Mary, 258
Sidney, Margaret, 251