Books published by publisher A. L. BURT CO.

New York: A.L. Burt, 1[924]. Small 8vo, 189 pp. With a color frontispiece and 3 color plates, and b/w illustrations in the text including a full-page dedication plate. Original red cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt, backstrip lettered in black, binding with spots of waterstaining, a bit soiled and worn, internally very good. First edition of this delightful cookbook for young girls, arranged chronologically by week into 52 chapters and with charming and sophisticated illustrations in period style. Surprisingly scarce

SYNOPSIS: "Ben Bruce, 15, lives on a farm near Boston with his mother and mean stepfather. He is not allowed to attend school past the 8th grade but his stepfather gets him a job as an apprentice shoemaker. However, Ben leaves home to seek his fortune in New York City. After several exciting and threatening experiences on the boat from Boston to New York, Ben settles in New York. After briefly selling newspapers, Ben, gets a part in a play, and does well as an actor. His luck, however, does not last. Ben tries his best to become a permanent part of the theatre world, and along the way makes new friends who help him through his troubles.

Uncle Wiggily, an engaging elderly rabbit, is lame from rheumatism. Wherever he goes, he always relies on a red, white, and blue crutch described as being "striped like a barber-pole," or, in later episodes, "his candy-striped walking cane," with spiral red and white striping like a peppermint candy stick. "Brother," says the hump-tailed 'gator, "wouldn't you like a nice rabbit?" "Indeed I would," answers the double-jointed tail 'gator, who can wobble his flippers both ways. "And I know of no nicer rabbit than Uncle Wiggily Longears!" As it so happens, Uncle Wiggily has just planned his vacation. He and Nurse Jane Fuzzy-Wuzzy will leave the countryside and take a nice little bungalow in the woods. And the woods is where these two skillery-scalery alligators live -- who are not exactly friends of the bunny uncle! But the cheerful rabbit gentleman knows plenty of friendlier creatures, too -- whom readers young and old will delight in meeting, in Uncle Wiggily in the Woods."