Pleasing poetry and pictures : for the mind and the eye.

Includes 7 woodcuts.First sentence: "How doth the little busy Bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower?"Publisher's advertisement, back of wrapper.Wood engravings variously signed by "Roberts," "E.P." (i.e., Edward B. Purcell?), and "A.A." [i.e., Alexander Anderson?].In printed wrapper.Wrapper bears 1850 imprint date.The little busy bee -- The dead bird -- my kind mother -- Good night -- The boy and the squirrel -- The works of creation -- Early rising -- The little brother.Mode of access: Internet.Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: title-page vignette; 6 full-page hand-coloured wood engravings. Adelphi Book Shop. Victoria, B.c. Feb/65. $5.00. Peter Masi. Montague, Mass. - '93 - $45.00. Given to McGill 2001