8vo. In two volumes. [8], 473, [1]; viii, 395pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed. Near contemporary inked ownership inscriptions of Lewis L. Walker to front blank fly-leaves.

The collected prose works of John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892), American Quaker fireside poet, and advocate of the abolition of slavery. Includes his lengthy prose work 'Margaret Smith's Journal', which follows the titular character's experiences in a new England colony, and a selection of abolitionist pieces originally written for newspapers.