12mo. iv, 184, 4pp. With an engraved frontispiece and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green printed paper boards, recently expertly rebacked. Inked gift inscription to FFEP, lightly spotted.

A rare survival of the sole edition of an anonymous juvenile conduct of life tale promoting Christian morality and discipline. The prose is unremarkable, and on the whole a poor imitation of contemporary publications of this type, nevertheless despite, or perhaps because of this, the publisher’s introductory remarks are effusive in their praise: ‘In the following little piece, the author has endeavoured to point out the pernicious consequences of improper indulgence; as this is the error most likely to mingle with the affection which actuates the breast of a Parent, its baneful effects cannot be too cautiously guarded against’.

OCLC records copies at locations (Duke, Florida, NLS, Oxford, and Sydney). COPAC adds no further.