1857 The Boys Storybook by Frances Woodworth with Engraved Illustrations carved wood snuff box to hold two decks

to hold two decks

given Ella's note

Clearly these show some rust and paint loss

The booklet is 67 pages and measures 5 1/8” x 4 1/2” x 1/4”

1857 The Boys Storybook by Frances Woodworth with Engraved Illustrations carved wood snuff box to hold two decksI have such a hard time resisting a lovely old book with not much short of 200 years on it, and this one is certainly that, copyrighted 1851, with this copy printed in 1857. Inside are a series of five stories that are certainly as good for girls as boys (though perhaps best as a study of mid 19th c. morality and education!), from The Carpenters Boy to Crazy Ann (driven to madness from the loss of her love to a shipwreck) to William Tell, to The