CHILDRENS’ REWARD STORIES - 68 separate titles Sixteen volumes, bound in uniform contemporary sheep, spines gilt titled ‘Reward’, with volume number, and double gilt bands. Many have the name Hadfield, 1828 at the top of the title-pages. There are 68 titles in total, moral or religous short stories, some unrecorded, and others recorded in just a handful of copies on Jisc (details below). It is most unusual to find such a comprehensive collection of these ephemeral printings, even more so bound in uniform style at the time. These may have been bound up for use by a schoolmaster, or church minister for instructing children. 32mo. printed for the Religious Tract Society, by J. S. Hughes, 66, Paternoster-Row. [or J. Davis, 56, Paternoster-Row] c1828. Vols: 1,2,3,4,6,7.8. The Child’s Reward Book, containing several narratives, peculiarly interesting to young persons. Parts I, II, III, IV, VI, VII and VIII. 158pp; 158, [2]pp., 160pp; 158pp; 158pp; 158pp., 158pp., numerous woodcuts throughout, some full-page. Seven volumes containing 40 titles. ~ Jisc records Oxford only for just parts I and V. The rest are unrecorded. I. Early Piety; Shipwreck; The History of Thomas Brown. II. History of John Wise; History of Honest Roger; Mary Jones; The Happy Morn; The Birth of Christ. III. Eliza Cunningham; The Thunderstorm; The Wonderful Cure of Naaman; John of the Score; The Happy Man, or the Life of William Kelly; Advice to Sunday School Children; An Account of the Bravery and Happy Death of James Covey. IV. The Polish General and Faithful Servant; The Wonderful Deliverance of a Soldier; An Important Discovery, or, Temper is Every Thing; The Goodness of Providence; The Principles of the Christian Religion; The Irish Peasant, or the History of Peter Lacy, and his Wife Susan; The History of John Robins, the Sailor; The Remarkable History of Elizabeth Loveless. VI. Good Boys, or Examine Yourself; The History of the English Bible; Sunday Evening, or the History of Joe Bennett; Honesty the Best Policy. VII. The Watch-Maker and his Family; The Irish Girl; The Image Boys; The Happy Cottagers; Abdallah, the Merchant of Bagdad; The Christian Drummer; The Affectionate Daughter. VIII. The Village School; Address to a Child; The History of Jenny Hickling; The Life and Death of Lady Jane Grey; The African Widow, being the History of a Poor Black Woman; The Happy Negro, to which is added the Grateful Negro. Vol 9. NEWTON, John. Twenty-One Letters: written to a near relative at school. To which are annexed a few pieces of poetry. By the Rev. John Newton, late rector of St. Mary Woolnoth, London. 95, [1]p., woodcuts. This edition appears unrecorded. The Lord’s Prayer. 16pp, woodcuts. BL, Liverpool, only. Memoir of Thomas W. Hughes, who died at the age of seven. 31, [1]p., woodcuts. BL, Cambridge, only. Vol 10. The History of Susan Green, a Sunday Scholar. 64pp., woodcuts. BL, Liverpool. The Little Nosegay Gatherers. 48pp., woodcuts. BL, Cambridge, Lambeth, Oxford. The Folly of Finery; or, the History of Mary Lawson. 16pp., woodcuts. BL, Lambeth Palace, V & A. Eyes and No Eyes or Eyes that See Not. How to Read the Bible aright. 16pp., woodcuts. Lambeth Palace only. Volume 11. The History of Joseph. 96pp., woodcuts. BL, Cambridge, Oxford. The History of Samuel. 63, [1]p., woodcuts. BL, Newcastle. Volume 12. [Richmond, Legh.] The Dairyman’s Daughter. 160pp., woodcuts. Volume 13. [Richmond, Legh.] The Young Cottager. 128pp., woodcuts The Negro Servant. 61, [1]pp., woodcuts. Volume 14. Truth and Falsehood, exemplified in the true history of Jane and Lucy. 16pp., woodcuts. BL, V & A. The Ten Commandments. 16pp., woodcuts. BL, Liverpol, V & A. The Well-Spent Penny. 32pp., woodcuts. BL, Dublin, V & A. The Young Chimney Sweepers. 32pp., woodcuts. Newcastle. The Sailor Boy. 30pp., woodcuts. BL. Little Susan and her Lamb. 16pp., woodcuts. Birmingham, BL, Oxford, V & A; Dublin. Volume 15. The History of Joseph Green, a Sunday Scholar. 48pp., woodcuts. BL, Liverpool. The History of Betsy Brown. 32pp., woodcuts. Unrecorded. The Sunday Scholar. 15, [1]p., woodcuts. BL. A Sequel to the Sunday Scholar. 32pp., woodcuts. BL. Volume 18. The History of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. 46pp., woodcuts. BL, Edinburgh, NLS. The Life of Our Blessed Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ. 31, [1]p., woodcuts. BL, Cambridge. Temper; or the Story of Susan and Betty. 16pp., woodcuts. Unrecorded. Volume 19. Visits to a Cottage. 64pp., woodcuts. BL, NLS. The Infidel Convinced by a Child. 32pp., woodcuts. BL, Cambridge, Glasgow, Manchester, Nat Lib Wales. Mercy to Animals. 31, [1]p., woodcuts. BL