ILLUSTRATIONS

The Devil and the Disobedient Child Frontispiece
  From “The Prodigal Daughter.”  Sold at the Printing Office, No. 5,
  Cornhill, Boston. [J. and J. Fleet, 1789?]

Facing
Page
The Devil appears as a French Gentleman 26
From “The Prodigal Daughter.”  Sold at the Printing Office, No. 5,
Cornhill, Boston. [J. and J. Fleet, 1789?]

Title-page from “The Child’s New Play-thing" 44
  Printed by J. Draper; J. Edwards in Boston [1750].  Now in the
  New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations

Title-page from “A Little Pretty Pocket-Book" 47
  Printed by Isaiah Thomas, Worcester, MDCCLXXXVII.  Now in the New
  York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations

A page from “A Little Pretty Pocket-Book" 49
  Printed by Isaiah Thomas, Worcester, MDCCLXXXVII.  Now in the New
  York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations

John Newbery’s Advertisement of Children’s Books 60
  From the “Pennsylvania Gazette” of November 15, 1750

Title-page of “The New Gift for Children" 70
  Printed by Zechariah Fowle, Boston, 1762.  Now in the Library of
  the Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Miss Fanny’s Maid 74
  Illustration from “The New Gift for Children,” printed by Zechariah
  Fowle, Boston, 1762.  Now in the Library of the Historical Society
  of Pennsylvania

A page from a Catalogue of Children’s Books printed by Isaiah
Thomas 106
  From “The Picture Exhibition,” Worcester, MDCCLXXXVIII

Illustration of Riddle XIV 110
  From “The Puzzling-Cap,” printed by John Adams, Philadelphia, 1805

Frontispiece from “The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes" 117
  From one of The First Worcester Edition, printed by Isaiah
  Thomas in MDCCLXXXVII.  Now in the Library of the Historical
  Society of Pennsylvania

Sir Walter Raleigh and his Man 125
  Copper-plate illustration from “Little Truths,” printed in
  Philadelphia by J. and J. Crukshank in 1800

Foot Ball 126
  Copper-plate illustration from “Youthful Recreations,” printed in
  Philadelphia by Jacob Johnson about 1802

Jacob Johnson’s Book-Store in Philadelphia about 1800 155

A Wall-paper Book-Cover 165
  From “Lessons for Children from Four to Five Years Old,” printed
  in Wilmington (Delaware) by Peter Brynberg in 1804