This charming collection, illustrated in Kate Greenaway's inimitable style, is a gentle introduction to the art of living amicably with one's fellows, to good manners and to the importance of showing consideration for others. It demonstrates the necessity of laying good foundations of behaviour which will stand the child in good stead all through life.

This is a peep back to an age when children were more strictly disciplined and today's parents may well be regretting that certain standards of behaviour have been allowed to slip.

This is above all a book to treasure and to preserve as an heirloom to be handed on to future generations.