Friendly Hand Series

Published by Porter & Coates
1. Friendly Hands and Kindly Words  
2. Small Beginnings; or, The Way to Get On  
3. The Art of Doing Our Best: as Seen in the Lives and Stories of Some Thorough Workers by Halwin Caldwell

This series introduced in about 1873. It appears that Porter & Coates was the first American publisher of these titles. The books are undated but probably are first published in about 1873.

Multiple illustrations by John Absolon, H. K. Browne and the Brothers Dalziel.

Cloth. Green. Gilt letter boxes on the cover and the spine. 6.25" x 4.25"