Thirteen late 19th / early 20th century children books comprising seven by McLoughlin Bros, New York: FREAKS AND FROLICS OF LITTLE GIRLS AND BOYS ©1887 with color illustrations; SHINING HOURS; AUNT LOUISA'S SPARKLING GEMS (Little Red Riding Hood, Aesop's Fables, Nellie's Christmas Eve, Three Christmas Boxes with 24 color illustrations); LITTLE DARLINGS PICTURE GALLERY; STORY AFTER STORY; LITTLE MERRY MAKERS STORY BOOK; MOTHER HUBBARD AND HER DOG with color illustrations---FUN FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS, ©1901, Geo. M. Hill Co., Chicago---RING-A-ROUND-A-ROSY, Mary A. Lathbury, ©1885, R. Worthington, New York, with color illustrations---HOME LIFE Stories and Pictures for the Children at Home, ©1888, Worthington Co., New York---LITTLE FOLKS, A Magazine for the Young, Cassell & Company, Ltd.---Paperback THE METROPOLITAN MOTHER GOOSE by Elizabeth C. Watson, unknown publisher---SPARKLING STORIES FOR THE YOUNG, Lizbeth B. Comins, c. 1890, International Publishing Co., Philadelphia & Chicago---all books in as is condition with signs of wear and use, some with loose bindings and / or loose pages, two with taped spines, other possible losses (Ref. 72, 73)