No date, late 1800's. Deep green boards with black and gold decoration. Vividly colored paste down on front cover shows girl reading a book and petting a kitten. A little wear on corners and 3 inch split in cloth at bottom edge of spine. Eight Stories with eight full page brightly colored chromolithographed illustrations and sixteen half-page. All color plates bright and clean, printed on one side. Some of the text pages have finger marks at the bottom.. Binding is tight at the top and loosening at the bottom.Former owner's name on rear endpaper and front endpaper. Front endpaper also contains some rub-on transfer images of soldiers opposite this young owner's name.