Milner Toys by Mary Martha Sherwood
Published by Merriam & Moore/ Merriam, Moore & Co./ Moore & Nims
| 1. Master Henry's Arrival; The Great Alarm |
| 2. Master Henry's Lesson; The Visitors: and Hay Making |
| 3. Master Henry's Walk; and The Story of Jenny Crawley |
| 4. Master Henry's Visit at Mrs. Green's and His Return |
| 5. Master Henry's Green Bag; Its Loss and Recovery |
| 6. Master Henry's Rabbit; The Bees; and The Faithful Dog |
These books are all reprints. Copyrighted by Merriam & Moore in 1850. Both Merriam, Moore & Co. as well as Moore & Nims advertised this series. I have not seen any of these volumes that were published by those firms.
Merriam & Moore published "The Child's Museum" with the "Fence"
cover. It includes the contents of several of the Milner Toy books.
Later #5 and #6 were reprinted in "Loss and Recovery" which is a book
in the "Sherwood Juveniles".
Woodcut illustrations
There are three formats.
Merriam & Moore
Format 1.
Volumes #1-6
Wraps. Cover has an illustration of a man and a Boy in front of a
fence (Fence cover). 28 pages including the covers 5.75" x 3.75"
This cover was also used by Merriam, Moore & Co. (Child's casket). Interestingly the Merriam, Moore & Co. book seen with this cover also has the Merriam & Moore Milner Toys advertisement on the back cover. This may be evidence that the Fence cover is later than the Mountain scene cover.
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Format 2
Volumes #1-6
Wraps. Cover has an illustration of a man and a boy with a mountain
background (Mountain cover) 28 pp.(Including the covers). 7.5" x 4.5"
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Format 3.
Wraps. Various colors. Each title has the same basket of fruit on the
front cover. Each title page has a different line drawn illustration.
3.5" x 5.5"
28 pages including the covers
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