Merry and Wise: Being the Histories of James Hardy, or, Contentment Better than Riches; and Harry Woodley, or, The Fruits of Industry and Integrity.
Philadelphia, Fisher and Brothers,(1847) 8 South Sixth Street; red cloth stamped boards, thin pink endpapers, 6 handcoloured plates, 4.5x5.5"; 108 pp. Small hardback. Bearing the same title as Newbery's, but not its tone. These two long stories promote industry and kindness to others, with frequent digressions to natural history.