A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys

Overview:

  • Title: A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys
  • Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Year: 1851
  • Publisher: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields
  • Pages: 256
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: The Chimæra
  • Notes: Has a copyright date of 1852, but was actually published in Dec. 1851 (for Christmas presents). Precedes the British publication, which lists a publication date of 1851, by a few days (Source: Clark's Rare Books).
    Interior illustrations consists of frontispiece and 6 plates drawn by Billings and engraved by Baker.