Hearth-Stone Library

Published by Dodd & Mead/ Dodd, Mead & Co.

 

Hearth-Stone Library, First Series (80 Cent Series)

1. David Lloyd's Last Will by Hesba Stretton
2. Norman MacLeod's Character Sketches by Norman Macleod
3. Starling by Norman Macleod
4. Geoffrey the Lollard by Frances Eastwood
5. Brewer Family by Mrs. Ellis
6. King's Servants by Hesba Stretton
7. Lost Gip by Hesba Stretton
8. Wonderful Life by Hesba Stretton
9. Hubert by Jacob Abbott
10. Juno and Georgie by Jacob Abbott
11. Juno on a Journey by Jacob Abbott
12. Mary Osborne by Jacob Abbott
13. Margaret by C. C. Fraser Tytler
14. Judah's Lion by Charlotte Elizabeth
15. Captain Christie's Granddaughter by Ruth Lamb
16. Clifford Household by J. F. Moore
17. Count Raymond by Charlotte Elizabeth
18. Cumberstone Contest by the author of "Battles Worth Fighting"
19. Glenarvon; or, Holidays at the Cottage by Unknown
20. Kemptons by H. K. Potwin
21. Kitty Bourne by Unknown
22. Henry Willard by C. M. Trowbridge
23. Layman's Story by Lyman Abbott
24. Marcella of Rome by Frances Eastwood
25. Little Boots by Jennie Harrison
26. Lillingstones of Lillingstone by Mrs. Worboise
27. Old House on Briar Hill* by Isabella Grant Meredith
27. Our Fred* by Martha Finley
28. Uncle John's Flower Gatherers by Jane Gay Fuller
29. Oriental and Sacred Scenes by Fisher Howe
30. Sovereigns of the Bible by Eliza R. Steele
31. Winter in Spitzbergen by E. Goodrich Smith
32. Old Back Room by Jennie Harrison
33. Finland Family by Susan Peyton Cornwall
34. Syrian Home Life by H. H. Jessup
35. Peter and Polly by Marian Douglass
36. August and Elvie by Jacob Abbott
37. Hunter and Tom by Jacob Abbott
38. Schooner Mary Ann by Jacob Abbott
39. Granville Valley by Jacob Abbott
40. Bible Lore by James Comper Gray
41. Casella by Martha Finley
42. Little Brown Girl by Esme Stuart
43. Free Yet Forging Their Own Chains by C. M. Cornwall
44. Half Hours in the Great Deep by Anonymous
45. Half Hours in the Frozen North by Anonymous
46. Half Hours in the Far East by Anonymous
47. Half Hours in the Tiny World by Anonymous
48. Chubb's Jr. by Unknown
49. Brothers and Sisters by Emma Marshall
50. Milicent Leigh by Emma Marshall
51. Langham Revels by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
52. Old School-Fellows by Unknown
53. Fern Glen by H. H. Holt

The 80 Cent Series / Hearth-Stone Library, First Series was introduced by Dodd, Mead in 1878 with the first 35 titles. In early 1879 books #35-41 were added and in early 1880 volumes #42-47 were noted. The price of the books was increased to 90 cents a volume in April,1880 because of the "increased cost of manufacture". At that time numbers 48-53 were added.The library was not printed after 1882.

*In 1879 "Old House on Briar Hill" was deleted and replaced with "Our Fred"

This company had previously published all of these titles in various formats.

Hearth-Stone Library, Second Series (65-Cent Series)

1. Gypsy Breynton by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
2. Gypsy's Cousin Joy by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
3. Gypsy's Sopwing and Reaping by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
4. Gypsy's Year at the Golden Crescent by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
5. Cassy by Hesba Stretton
6. Brought Home by Hesba Stretton
7. Crew of the Dolphin by Hesba Stretton
8. Double Story by George MacDonald
9. Deaf Shoemaker by Philip Barret
10. Agnes Warrington by Lucy Ellen Guernsey
11. Amy Carr by Caroline Cheseboro
12. Fred Lawrence by Margaret E. Teller
13. For Conscience Sake by the author of "Alice Lee"
14. Jacques Bonneval by the author of "Mary Powell"
15. Max Kromer by Hesba Stretton
16. Mists of the Valley by Agnes Giberne
17. Morning Clouds by Mrs. Stanley Leathes
18. Nelly's Dark Days by Hesba Stretton
19. Nothing to Nobody by Brenda
20. Orphan's Triumphs by H. K. Potwin
21. Pastor of the Desert by Eugene Pelletan
22. Judea Capta by Charlotte Elizabeth
23. Lucy Lee by Jane Gay Fuller
24. Deserter by Charlotte Elizabeth
25. Paul and Margaret by H. K. Potwin
26. Philip Brantley's Life Work by Unknown
27. Robert, the Cabin Boy by H. K. Potwin
28. Russell Family by Anna Hastings
29. Spanish Barber by the author of Mary Powell
30. Sunlight Through the Mist by Elizabeth Clare
31. Minnie Carleton by Mary Belle Bartlett
32. Geneva's Shield by Wm. M. Blackburn
33. Little Fox by Unknown
34. Lonely Lilly and Lucy's Life Story by Unknown
35. Twice Found and the Happy Land by Unknown
36. Wandering May and Little Nun by Unknown
37. Polly and Winnie and Clarie's Little Charge by F. F. G.
38. Gems from the Poets by Unknown
39. Letters from Egypt by Miss Whately
40. Little Meg's Children by Hesba Stretton
41. Ice Raft by Clara F. Guernsey
42. Wanderings of Master Peter by Mrs. George Campbell Overend
43. King's Pineapple by E. R.
44. John Hatherton by Augusta Noel
45. Sunbeam Susette by Emma Leslie

The 65 Cent Series / Hearth-Stone Library, Second Series was introduced by Dodd, Mead & Co. in 1878 with the first 32 titles. In early 1879 books #33-39 were added. The price of the books was increased to 75 cents a volume in April, 1880 because of the "increased cost of manufacture". At that time numbers 40-45 were added. The library was not printed after 1882.

This company had previously published all of these titles in various formats.

Dodd, Mead & Co. published several publisher's series. None of the volumes identify with certainty which series they belong to. Of note is that after collecting Jacob Abbott books for many years I have never seen an Abbott book that belongs to a Dodd, Mead publisher series. It is presumed that the volumes that have Hearth-Stone Library lists on the endpapers are part of the Hearth-Stone Library. Thus the book shown below which also has an 1879 inscription is almost certainly a Hearth-Stone Library edition.

Cloth. Probably various colors. Black front cover and spine decoration with gilt spine letter box.

Here are the front endpapers