1857 The Boys Storybook by Frances Woodworth with Engraved Illustrations carved wood snuff box Clearly these show some rust

Clearly these show some rust and paint loss

to hold two decks

more carefully in some cases than it others

given Ella's note

1857 The Boys Storybook by Frances Woodworth with Engraved Illustrations carved wood snuff box Clearly these show some rustI have such a hard time resisting a lovely old book with not much short of 200 years on it, and this one is certainly that, copyrighted 1851, with this copy printed in 1857. Inside are a series of five stories that are certainly as good for girls as boys (though perhaps best as a study of mid 19th c. morality and education!), from The Carpenters Boy to Crazy Ann (driven to madness from the loss of her love to a shipwreck) to William Tell, to The