Item #005081 Mrs. Turner's Cautionary Stories. Elizabeth Turner.
Mrs. Turner's Cautionary Stories
Mrs. Turner's Cautionary Stories

Mrs. Turner's Cautionary Stories

London: Grant Richards, 1902. Farmiloe, Edith. Hardcover. First printed Dec. 1897; reprinted Jan. 1902. xvi, 117, [11] p.: 4 full-page illustrations signed: E. Farmiloe; 13 cm. Publisher's light brown cloth with dark brown spine and cover titles; back cover is blank. This is No. 2 in the series The Dumpy Books for Children. Publisher's advertisement on 6 unpaginated pages following text. Contents: Bad boys and good -- Good girls and bad -- Kindness and cruelty -- Things to eat. The 69 short rhymes are taken by E.V. Lucas from Elizabeth Turner's books for children first published in the first half of the 19th century. They teach various lessons such as, if girls and boys want a glass of beer they should ask for it politely, and don't eat unidentified red berries because it might kill you. Former owner's name stamped on front fixed endpaper: Mildred Beach. In Very Good+ Condition: back cover slightly soiled; light soiling on a few pages; otherwise, clean and tight. Very Good +. Item #005081

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