Oblong quarto. [10]pp. Illustrated throughout by Winifred Smith. Bound with ribbon tied at spine in original publisher's pictorial buff wrappers, printed in red and black, A trifle rubbed and marked, ribbon partially perished. Illustration on initial leaf deftly hand-coloured, foxed.

The second located copy of a late Victorian juvenile music book; a charming issue of Church of England clergyman and hymnodist Henry Percy Smith's (1825-1898) sentimental ballad celebrating the advent of the New Year, attractively illustrated by Winifred Smith (1871-1940).

OCLC records a single copy (Monash).