Emma and Maria; or, The Mother's Legacy, A True Narrative. Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, c. 1860. [10794]
Purple cloth, faded, spine sunned, 6 x 4 inches, wood-engraved frontispiece, 54 pages, tight. Fair. Hardcover.
The story of two young girls who live alone with their devout mother, who dies mid-story; when she dies the children are referred to as "orphans." The father lived apart and was a debased man. The eldest of the girls eventually seeks and finds her father, who at the end of the story is reclaimed and converted.
The American Baptist Publication Society was located at 530 Arch Street from 1858 to 1876.
A surprisingly scarce book with only one location recorded at WorldCat.
