Jessica’s First Prayer. By the Author of “Fern’s Hollow,” etc.
London: The Religious Tract Society, [1867]. With three early reprints of the same work. First edition of a work that originated the genre of ‘Arab fiction’ – sentimental stories about poverty stricken young persons on the streets of Victorian cities. Frontispiece, six full-page engravings, and three textual illustrations. Binding extremities.....