8vo. [6], 58pp, [2]. Original publisher's blind-stamped red moire cloth, lettered in gilt, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, wear to spine, damp-staining to lower board, some marking. Occasional light spotting. Association copy, inscribed in ink to front blank fly-leaf; 'Mary Ann Birkbeck / with E. P. Gurney's dear love / Grove - 1850', presumably Eliza Paul Gurney (1801-1881), third wife of Joseph John Gurney.

The sole edition of this collection of essays in verse on Christian doctrine by religious prominent Quaker writer Joseph John Gurney (1788-1847), brother of respected penal reformer and philanthropist Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845).