MATHEWS, Joanna Hooe. ~ Bessie on her Travels. [4], 310, 4pp adverts., half-title., engraved frontispiece. 8vo. James Nisbet & Co. 1883. Unrecorded on Worldcat. ~ Bessie at the Seaside. [8], 309, [1], [2]pp adverts., half-title., engraved frontispiece. 8vo. James Nisbet & Co. 1885. Worldcat records Catholic Univ.of America, and Florida, only. ~ Bessie among the Mountains. New edition.  [8], 296pp., half-title., engraved frontispiece. 8vo. James Nisbet & Co. 1885. Unrecorded on Worldcat. Three volumes, each in original decorative gilt cloth, blue, red and green, all-edges-gilt. and with the contemporary ownership name of Annie Blanch, presented to her as Sunday School prizes. Some very slight rubbing, but good copies of these scarce first and early English editions. Joanna Hooe Mathews (1849-1901) was born in New York where she attended and graduated from Madame Reichard's School.