Notes: | "Preserved and published for the encouragement of piety in other children. With new additions." A token for the children of New England is by Cotton Mather. First published in England, 1671-1672. Became the most widely read children's book of the Puritan age. Cf. Haviland's Yankee Doodle's literary sampler. Signatures: [A]⁶ B-N⁶. Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 67 Haviland, V. Children's reading in America, 1776, p. [5] Welch, D.A. Amer. children's books, 665.8 Evans 12085 Haviland, V. Yankee Doodle's literary sampler, p. 11-12
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