A really lovely group of 15 matching binding volumes from the Youth's Library series published by the American Tract Society. Designed to comprehend a "complete" body of works for the formation of young Christians, the works chosen embody the values of the Second Great Awakening; conversion, personal sanctity, scripture, sabbath, and heroic missionary effort. 

This grouping all derives from the same source, the Wesleyan Missionary Sunday School of Odessa, New York. 

A wonderful snapshot of mid-19th century Christian pedagogy and ideals. 

The collection includes:

1. Abbott, George D. Memoir of Nathan W. Dickerman; Who Died at Boston, Mass, January 2, 1830. New York. American Tract Society. Copyright 1830. 1850's imprint.

2. [A Lady]. Children Invited to Christ. New York. American Tract Society. 1850's imprint.

3. Foster, John. An Appeal to the Young on the Importance of Religion. New York. American Tract Society. 1850's imprint. 

4. The Raising of Lazarus from the Dead. New York. American Tract Society. 1850's imprint.

5. George Lovell; Col. David Mack; "We Must Live" and Conversation with a Young Traveller. New York. American Tract Society. 1850's imprint.

6. Memoir of Mary Lathrop, who Died in Boston, March 18, 1831, Aged Six Years and Three Months. New York. American Tract Society. Copyright 1832. 1850's imprint.

7. Baird, Robert. Memoir of Mrs. Eliza Astor Rumpff, and of the Duchess de Broglie, Daughter of Madame de Stael. New York. American Tract Society. 1850's imprint.

8. Mary of Toulouse; The German Cripple; The Eventful Twelve Hours; and The Missionary's Daughter. New York. American Tract Society. 1850's imprint.

9. Narratives of The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain; The Mountain Miller; and George Vining. New York. American Tract Society. 1850's imprint.

10. Parley the Porter; The Inquiring-Meeting; The Scotchman's Fireside; and The Ringleader. New York. American Tract Society. 1850's imprint.

11. The Village in the Mountains; Conversion of Peter Bayssiere; and History of a Bible. New York. American Tract Society. 1850's imprint.

12. Little, John. The Conversion and Death-Bed Experience of Mrs. Jessie Little of Glasgow. Who Died in Janury, 1842, at the Age of Eighteen. New York. American Tract Society. 1850's imprint.

13. Goodrich Smith, E. Memoir of Charles Henry Porter, A Student in Theology [at Yale]. New York. American Tract Society. 1850's imprint.

14. Hooker, Horace. The Child's Book on the Sabbath. New York. American Tract Society. 1850's imprint.

15. Mortimer, Favell Lee. Precept Upon Precept; Or, a Third Series of The Earliest Religious Instruction the Infant Mind is Capable of Receiving; with Verses Illustrative of the Subjects. New York. American Tract Society. 1850's imprint.

A nicely preserved grouping. Two volumes a bit shaken, also a few with a bit more handling and rubbing than the others.