The Youth's Treasure: or, the Value of Religion to the Young, And the true Way of finding the Pearl of Great Price. New York: Carlton & Porter, 1850. [10733]
Worn blind stamped cloth, gilt to spine, some fraying at the edges, 6 x 4 inches. Wood engraved frontispiece of two boys on a city street, "Guess What I've Got." 88 pages plus publisher's catalogue, dark foxing. Fair. Hardcover.
The discovery of a half dollar begins this Methodist morality tale.
Chapters: Something Found; Guess What I've Got; Value of Religion; Religious Especially Important to the Young; Life Uncertain; Examine Yourselves; How to Obtain Religion; Faith a Condition of Salvation.
The preface is signed "C. C. K."