Mother's Boys and Girls Library
by Pansy (Isabella Macdonald Alden)

Published by D. Lothrop & Co./ D. Lothrop Company
1. Workers
2. Brave Tommy
3. Lost Nellie
4. Bargaining
5. Quarrel
6. All About April
7. Golden Thought
8. Wise Alice
9. Our Little Figure
10. Nettie in the Kitchen
11. What Keeping Still Did
12. Esselstynes

Introduced by D. Lothrop & Co. in 1881.
In 1881 books in both cloth (not seen) and boards were published. By the early 1880's there was a new style of board covers and the cloth bound books were no longer being published.

Format 1:
Boards. Various colors. Cover applique and black line drawn decoration.


Format 2:
Published by both D. Lothrop & Co. and D. Lothrop Company.
Board covers. Red. Cover has three pictures and black lettered title. This cover is the same for all of the books. 7.25" x 9.25"