Franconia Stories by Jacob Abbott | 1850s Antique Set of 5 Children's Reading Textbooks | Set includes 5 of the 10 in the series

The Franconia Stories is a series of children's novels written in the 1850s by Jacob Abbott, published by Harper & Brothers. This collection includes five the 10 books published in the late 1850s including: Mary Erskine (#3) , Mary Bell (#4), Beechnut (#5), Caroline (#9), and Agnes (#10). These are not first editions, but they are very old, and according to the website jacobabbott, were all likely published in the late 1850s. An beautiful collection for anyone who loves children's books, antique books, or both!ABOUT THE SERIES (Courtesy of jacobabbott) The ten books of (the Franconia Stories) series chronicle the adventures of a number of youngsters in and around the White Mountain village of Franconia. Humorous and moralistic, these tales were extremely popular in the mid and late nineteenth century. Now, of course, these stories, despite their gentle nature and wonderfully amusing tales, are mostly forgotten like the rest of Abbott's works. Some early ads noted that the series wa