Vacation Story Books
| 1. Estelle's Stories about Dogs |
by Anonymous |
(Copyright 1854) |
| 2. Cheerful Heart; or, A Silver Lining to Every Cloud |
|
(Copyright 1854) |
| 3. Little Blossom's Reward |
by Mrs. Emily Hare (Laura Winthrop Johnson) |
(Copyright 1854) |
| 4. Christmas Holidays at Chestnut Hill |
by Cousin Mary |
(Copyright 1853) |
| 5. Country Life, and Other Stories |
by Cousin Mary |
(Copyright 1854) |
| 6. Angel Children; or, Stories from Cloud-land |
by Charlotte M. Higgins |
(Copyright 1854) |
In 1856 the first Vacation Story Books' list of six titles was noted
by
Phillips, Sampson and Company. Previously all in the books had been
published in various formats. Since none of the early titles indicate
whether they were part of this series, the formats are conjecture.
In 1858 the series' list had twelve titles.
| 1a. Minnie; or, The Little Woman |
by the author of Violet (Caroline Snowden Guild) |
(Copyright 1857) |
| 2. Cheerful Heart; or, A Silver Lining to Every Cloud |
|
(Copyright 1854) |
| 3. Little Blossom's Reward |
by Mrs. Emily Hare (Laura Winthrop Johnson) |
(Copyright 1854) |
| 4. Christmas Holidays at Chestnut Hill |
by Cousin Mary |
(Copyright 1853) |
| 5. Country Life, and Other Stories |
by Cousin Mary |
(Copyright 1854) |
| 6. Angel Children; or, Stories from Cloud-land |
by Charlotte M. Higgins |
(Copyright 1854) |
| 7. The Charm; An Illustrated Book for Boys and Girls |
by Anonymous |
(Copyright 1854) |
| 8. The Daisy; or, The Fairy Spectacles |
by Caroline Snowden Guild |
(Copyright 1856) |
| 9. Violet: A Fairy Story |
by Caroline Snowden Guild |
(Copyright 1856) |
| 10. Worth Not Wealth |
by Cousin Angie |
(Copyright 1856) |
| 11. Great Rosy Diamond |
by Mrs. Ann Augusta Carter |
(Copyright 1855) |
| 12. Little Mary; or, Talks and Tales for Children |
by H. Trusta (Mrs. Austin Phelps) |
(Copyright 1853) |
Book #1 from the six book series was replaced in the twelve book
series.
Format 1:
Cloth. Red and blue seen. Gilt title lettered on the cover. Cover
has embossed decoration or gilt picture of three children.
Spine has gilt lettering and illustrations. 6.875" x 5.125". 50
cents
Format 2:
The same as Format 2 except the embossed cover pictures are gilt.
75 cents.
Crosby, Nichols, Lee and Co., Rickey, Mallory & Co., and S. C.
Perkins published the Vacation Story Books for Boys and Girls in 1860
and 1861. It is a 12 book series which includes all of the titles from
the earlier series except #2 and #12 which were replaced with Walter
Seyton and Karl Kiegler. Of interest is that these latter two titles
were published in 1859 by Phillips, Sampson and Co. Whether they were
part of the Phillips, Sampson series for a short time is unknown.
Later Lee and Shepard published the 10 (plus two) books in two series:
The Rosy Diamond Series and Vacation Story Books for Boys and Girls.
These titles appeared in a number of other formats which did not
appear
to be part of the series. Examples are shown here.
