• Publication: A Wonder-Book for Girls and BoysPublication Record # 364157
• Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Date: 1851-12-00
• Publisher: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields
• Pages: 256
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: COLLECTION
• Notes: Has a copyright date of 1852, but was actually published in Dec. 1851 (for Christmas presents). Precedes the British publication, which lists a publication date of 1851, by a few days (Source: Clark's Rare Books). Interior illustrations consists of frontispiece and 6 plates drawn by Billings and engraved by Baker.
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 31186971
  • Open Library: OL14048598M

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• iii • Preface (A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys) • essay by Nathaniel Hawthorne [as by Lenox]
• 15 • The Gorgon's Head • short fiction by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• 62 • The Golden Touch • short fiction by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• 98 • The Paradise of Children • short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• 136 • The Three Golden Apples • short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• 177 • The Miraculous Pitcher • short fiction by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• 214 •
  The Chimæra^?The Chimaera
  • short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne