Anecdotes for the Family and the Social Circle. New York: American Tract Society, c.1860. [10432]
Faded blindstamped cloth, 6 x 4 inches, some fraying to the spine ends, 408 pp., light foxing, tight. 1835, 1842 inscriptions in ink, 1994 gift inscription in pencil. Good. Hardcover.
308 selections under the following heads: Delightful Discoveries in the Family, &c.; Providential Deliverances in the Family; Irreligion and Sins in the Family; Reproofs in the Family; Instruction in the Family; Conversions in the Family; Religion in the Family; Love in the Family; Duties in the Family; Intercourse in the Family; Kindness to Families; Death in the Family; Miscellaneous.
These anecdotes appear to be factual accounts from history.