| The Devil and the Disobedient Child | Frontispiece |
| From “The Prodigal Daughter.” Sold at the Printing Office, No. 5, Cornhill, Boston. [J. and J. Fleet, 1789?] |
| | Facing Page |
| The Devil appears as a French Gentleman | 26 |
| From “The Prodigal Daughter.” Sold at the Printing Office, No. 5, Cornhill, Boston. [J. and J. Fleet, 1789?] |
| Title-page from “The Child’s New Play-thing” | 44 |
| Printed by J. Draper; J. Edwards in Boston [1750]. Now in the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations |
| Title-page from “A Little Pretty Pocket-Book” | 47 |
| Printed by Isaiah Thomas, Worcester, MDCCLXXXVII. Now in the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations |
| A page from “A Little Pretty Pocket-Book” | 49 |
| Printed by Isaiah Thomas, Worcester, MDCCLXXXVII. Now in the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations |
| John Newbery’s Advertisement of Children’s Books | 60 |
| From the “Pennsylvania Gazette” of November 15, 1750 |
| Title-page of “The New Gift for Children” | 70 |
| Printed by Zechariah Fowle, Boston, 1762. Now in the Library of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania |
| Miss Fanny’s Maid | 74 |
| Illustration from “The New Gift for Children,” printed by Zechariah Fowle, Boston, 1762. Now in the Library of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania |
| A page from a Catalogue of Children’s Books printed by Isaiah Thomas | 106 |
| From “The Picture Exhibition,” Worcester, MDCCLXXXVIII |
| Illustration of Riddle XIV | 110 |
| From “The Puzzling-Cap,” printed by John Adams, Philadelphia, 1805 |
| Frontispiece from “The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes” | 117 |
| From one of The First Worcester Edition, printed by Isaiah Thomas in MDCCLXXXVII. Now in the Library of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania |
| Sir Walter Raleigh and his Man | 125 |
| Copper-plate illustration from “Little Truths,” printed in Philadelphia by J. and J. Crukshank in 1800 |
| Foot Ball | 126 |
| Copper-plate illustration from “Youthful Recreations,” printed in Philadelphia by Jacob Johnson about 1802 |
| Jacob Johnson’s Book-Store in Philadelphia about 1800 | 155 |
| A Wall-paper Book-Cover | 165 |
| From “Lessons for Children from Four to Five Years Old,” printed in Wilmington (Delaware) by Peter Brynberg in 1804 |
| Tom the Piper’s Son | 170 |
| Illustration and text engraved on copper by William Charles, of Philadelphia, in 1808 |
| A Kind and Good Father | 172 |
| Woodcut by Alexander Anderson for “The Prize for Youthful Obedience,” printed in Philadelphia by Jacob Johnson in 1807 |
| A Virginian | 174 |
| Illustration from “People of all Nations,” printed in Philadelphia by Jacob Johnson in 1807 |
| A Baboon | 174 |
| Illustration from “A Familiar Description of Beasts and Birds,” printed in Boston by Lincoln and Edmands in 1813 |
| Drest or Undrest | 176 |
| Illustration from “The Daisy,” published by Jacob Johnson in 1808 |
| Little Nancy | 182 |
| Probably engraved by William Charles for “Little Nancy, or, the Punishment of Greediness,” published in Philadelphia by Morgan & Yeager about 1830 |
| Children of the Cottage | 196 |
| Engraved by Joseph I. Pease for “The Youth’s Sketch Book,” published in Boston by Lilly, Wait and Company in 1834 |
| Henrietta | 200 |
| Engraved by Thomas Illman for “The American Juvenile Keepsake,” published in Brockville, U. C., by Horace Billings & Co. in 1835 |
| A Child and her Doll | 206 |
| Illustration from “Little Mary,” Part II, published in Boston by Cottons and Barnard in 1831 |
| The Little Runaway | 227 |
| Drawn and engraved by J. W. Steel for “Affection’s Gift,” published in New York by J. C. Riker in 1832 |
