The Writings of Jane Taylor [Philip; a Fragment; To Madame De Stael; To the Moon; To Mrs. L; Love and Fame: a Fable; Remonstrance to Time; Sunset; The Fairies' Song; To Miss G. on the Death of her Robin; An Enigma; The Vase and the Pitcher: a Fable; An Enigma; A Story; The Shipwrecked Lascar: a true Tale, addresed to Miss M; The Beggar Boy; Lines written in an Album; To a Poetical Friend; To a Friend; To the same, on her Birth Day; To two Chesnut Trees; To a Sister, on her Birth Day; The Violet to the Rose; Birth Day retrospect; To a Brother, on his Birth Day; To Miss E. F. on her Birth Day; To Mr. C , senior: with a Drawing; An Infant's Hymn; Hymn, sung by the children of a Sunday School; Hymn for Children; Hymn, for the children, etc]

Boston : Perkins, Marvin and Company ; Philadelphia : Henry Perkins, 1835., 1835. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 3 vols. (complete) ; binding of Vols. I and II only: full, dark purple leather, with very fine gold tooling ; marbled fore-edges ; marbled endpapers VG ; binding of Vol. III only: light brown, blind-stamped tooled cloth with gold lettering and decoration on spine G ; Vols. I and II: inscriptions to Mary S. Tappan, 1835, and Mary Kimball Lewis, 1923 ; 108+268 pp. ; small, pressed title label for spine of volume 1 missing, but that for volume 2 is laid in, albeit chipped ; tiny hole in the back flyleaf of volume 1 ; very slight wear on the hinges ; texts very clean ; very tight ; some wear to top edge of boards ; beautifully bound ; Vol. III: hinges tight, frayed edges to cloth of spine ; endpapers foxed ; paper starting from stitching at page 207 starting ; small tear at stitching of page 213/214 ; Works by the author of the poem "Twinkle, twinkle little star", originally titled, "The Star" ; Contents of Vol.1: Philip; a Fragment -- To Madame De Stael -- To the Moon -- To Mrs. L -- Love and Fame: a Fable -- Remonstrance to Time -- Sunset -- The Fairies' Song -- To Miss G. on the Death of her Robin -- An Enigma -- The Vase and the Pitcher: a Fable -- An Enigma -- A Story -- The Shipwrecked Lascar: a true Tale, addresed to Miss M -- The Beggar Boy -- Lines written in an Album -- To a Poetical Friend -- To a Friend -- To the same, on her Birth Day -- To two Chesnut Trees -- To a Sister, on her Birth Day -- The Violet to the Rose -- Birth Day retrospect -- To a Brother, on his Birth Day -- To Miss E. F. on her Birth Day -- To Mr. C , senior: with a Drawing -- An Infant's Hymn -- Hymn, sung by the children of a Sunday School -- Hymn for Children -- Hymn, for the children of a Sunday School -- Sailor's Hymn -- " With God all things are possible" -- Hymn, " Come my fond fluttering heart" -- Epitaph -- On the Death of an Infant -- On visiting an old family Residence -- Trite thoughts in a place of Worship -- Soliloquy -- " The things that are unseen are eternal" ; Contents of Vol III: Correspondence between a Mother and her Daughter at School, by Mrs. Taylor and Jane Taylor -- Original Poems for Infant Minds by the Taylor Family -- Display, A Tale by the late Jane Taylor, from twelfth London edition, Boston : Perkins & Marvin, 114 Washington St., 1832 ; Poems included are : The church-yard -- A true story -- The bird's nest -- Hand-post -- Spring -- Summer -- Autumn -- Winter -- To a butterfly, on giving it liberty -- The tempest -- Morning -- Evening -- The idle boy -- The industrious boy -- The little fisherman -- Old age -- The apple-tree -- The disappointment -- The shepherd boy -- The robin -- The shoulder of mutton -- False alarms -- The child's monitor -- The butterfly -- The boys and the apple-tree -- The wooden doll and the wax doll -- The redbreast -- Idle Dicky and the goat -- The nightingale -- Never play with fire -- The Lark -- The truant boys -- George and the Chimney-sweeper -- Sophia's fool's-cap -- Washing and dressing -- The plum cake -- Another plum cake -- For a naughty little girl -- Honest old Tray -- To a little girl that has told a lie -- The two gardens -- My Mother -- My Father -- The palace and cottage -- Ball -- The fox and the crow -- The mother's wish -- To Maria -- The snail -- The holydays -- Old Sarah -- Old Susan -- The gleaner -- Snow -- The pigs -- Finery -- Crazy Robert -- Employment -- The fighting birds -- Creation -- The tempest -- Address to an infant -- Turnip tops -- The vulgar little lady -- Meddlesome Matty -- The last dying speech and confession of poor Puss -- Night -- Day -- Deaf Martha -- The pin -- The little bird's complaint to his mistress -- The mistresses's reply to her little bird -- The true history of a poor little m ouse -- The chatterbox -- The snowdrop -- The yellow leaf -- Poor Pompey's complaint -- The English girl -- The pond -- The Scotch laddie -- The Welsh lad -- The Irish boy -- Greedy Richard -- Dirty Jack -- The farm - Reading -- Idleness -- The good -natured; VG.