London: Houlston and Son, No date [circa 1850]. A collection of 52 penny tracts by Mrs. [Mary Martha] Sherwood and her sister Mrs. [Lucy Lyttleton} Cameron. Two volumes. The tracts are numbered consecutively 1- 28; 29 – 52. Each has a wood-engraving on the tile/front wrapper. Some are in multiple parts, but all are complete. All are published by Houlston and Son, and were priced at One Penny per title or part title. Titles: The Penny Tract; The Blessed Family; The Village Nurse; The Cradle; Charles Lorraine [5 parts]; Cleanliness is next to Godliness; The History of Mary Saunders; Content and Discontent; The Blind Man and Little George; The Singing-Galley; The Potter’s Common [4 parts]; The Oaken-Gates Wake [4 parts]; Procrastination; The Young Mother; The Evening Visit; The Two Death-beds; The Iron Cage; The Lambourne Bell; The Little Beggars [2 parts]; The Pink Tippet [4 parts]; Waste Not, Want Not [3 parts]; Vain Wishes; The Nurse-maid’s Diary; The Golden Clue; Little Sally; The Little Orphan; The Collier’s Family; The Crow’s Nest [2 parts]; Darkwood Court; The Apprentice; Good News; The Footman; The Housemaid; The Kitchenmaid. Two volumes bound in half calf gilt over cloth with red title labels to the spines. 146 x 98 mm. Bindings a little rubbed and worn; else a very good group.