Mrs. Lovechild. The Girl's Casket; Cover title: Merrill's Pictorial Gallery: The Girl's Casket. With Illustrations. Concord, N. H.: Published by Rufus Merrill, ca. 1850. [11204]
Illustrated self wraps, 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches, 24 pp., slight edge-wear, 1 inch tear at top of fold. Back cover with adverts for Merrill's Toy and Juvenile Books. Engravings: Country Woman of Holland; Lady of Leuwarden in Holland; Sparrow in Nest; Palm Tree; Tulip Tree; A Song Bird; Turkish Bread Makers; Swiss Peasantry; Otaheitans; Inhabitants of Bolivia, in South America; plus many decorated first letters. Good. Pamphlet.
Story & verse: School-Fellows; Sparrow's Nest; Adelia; Good Night; To Little Girl, Walking in Wood; Absent Friends; Violet; To Girl Who Said 'I will do it to-morrow'".
"Mrs. Lovechild" was a pseudonym for Lady Fenn. Attributed to her at LOC.
Ellenor Fenn (1743-1813), English writer of children's stories. Her books went through many editions and were still popular and in print in the latter half of the 19th century.
