An irreplaceable set representing a singularly focused group of 19th century spiritual teaching for the young. Inexplicably, not a single volume, let alone the three traced in the trade or at auction. A complete little body of juvenile piety and devotion for the young from the presses of the most influential publisher for the young in America. 

[Juvenile - Tracts - Chapbooks - Slavery - Children]. Books for Children and Youth. Complete [?] in Three Volumes. New York. American Tract Society. Nd. c.1850's.

VOLUME I.

Memoir of Thomas H. Patoo, A Native of the Marquesas Islands [including fine woodcut of an Islander dressed in western garb, kneeling in prayer]; The History of Lucy Jackson; The History of Honest Roger; History of the English Bible: Showing the Ineffectual Efforts of Popery to Prevent its Circulation; The History of John Wise; The History of Jacob Newman, the Shipwrecked Irish Boy; The Cottage Girl; Or, An Account of Ann Edwards; Memoir of Amelia S. Chapman; Little Ann. An Authentic Narrative.

VOLUME II.

The Simple Flower; The Village School; The Penny Tract; Catherine Warden, Or, the Pious Scholar; Memoir of David Acheson, Jun.; A Catechism on the Ten Commandments; The Child's Scripture Catechism; Memoir of Elizabeth Davidson; The History of Anna Emery.

VOLUME III.

Ellen Gray and Susan K. Kollock; The Happy Death of Mary Ann Clap; Tommy Wellwood, or, A Few Days of Incident an  Instruction; Ten Dialogues on the Effects of Ardent Spirits [with unusual woodcut of an apparent juvenile, passed out drunk in a pastoral scene]; Elspeth Sutherland, or, The Effects of Faith; Little Willy [with a fine illustration of a young lad teaching a young girl of Mauritius from the Scriptures]; The History of Theophilus and Sophia; The Happy Mute, Or, the Dumb Child's Appeal [an unusual illustration showing a young female child with what appears to be Down syndrome or similar]; Hymns for Children and Youth. 

Very good condition in original blind and gold stamped cloth; some very minor wear at extremities. But quite crisp and clean on the whole. A remarkable clean example of a rare title.