8vo. [2], iv, [2], 96pp. With an engraved frontispiece and one further engraved plate. Original publisher's navy cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed. Short tear to foot of contents leaf.

The sole edition of a narrative of a young Hindu girl, Mary, who is 'removed from heathen influence and received into the bosom of a Christian family' residing at Madras. In her prefatory remarks, the author is unabashed in announcing her designs behind issuing the book; the promotion of the 'general and Christian education' of the 'higher classes of Hindoo females' through the charity of 'Mission Female Schools'.

OCLC and COPAC combined record copies at seven locations (Baker & Taylor, BL, Cambridge, Indiana, Mission 21, NLS, and Oxford).