When We Were Young and Other Stories by the Author of A Trap to Catch a Sunbeam

Boston: D Lothrop Co, 1860. Hardcover. Fair/None. Brown cloth boards, illustrated with stamped country scene of a fence with flowers and gilt figures; also gilt band and flowers on spine. Shelfwear especially to bottom edge. Corners are bumped. Spine slightly cocked. Undated, however, brief research finds 1860 as pub date. Unpaginated, 142 is a rough manual count. Pages are toned and some are chipped. Title page is extant but separated from binding. Publisher's book reviews at the end. Illustrated with B&W engravings. 16mo. AUTHOR INFO: Matilda Anne Mackarness (née Planché; 23 November 1825 ? 6 May 1881) was an English novelist of the 19th century, primarily writing children's literature. From an early age, she wrote novels and moral tales for children. As a novelist she took Dickens for her model and in 1845 she published Old Joliffe which was thought to be a satire of Dickens' 1844 Christmas story The Chimes. The following year she published A Sequel to Old Joliffe. In 1849 she published A Trap to Catch a Sunbeam, a brightly written little tale with a moral, and it is on this production that her reputation chiefly rests. It was composed some three years before the date of publication, has gone through forty-two editions, by 1882, and has been translated into many foreign languages, including Hindustani.