Small octavo olive pictorial and gilt cloth (tips worn/lower cover spotted & soiled) 144pp +publisher's catal. Includes this work under Prize books "elegantly bound in cloth" with a subtitle "In short Works and Large Type." There are 72 small stories progressively a bit harder and longer for children who are just beginning to become interested in reading to themselves. 3 openings with staining, prize inscription on FEP. Nice Victorian stories.