Prize Series

Published by R. A. Ballou
1. Victory (Author got a prize of $300) by anonymous
2. Soldier's Daughter by anonymous
3. Alice and Her Friends by Mrs. Sarah Maria Clinton Perkins
4. Mignonette: Found Among the Flowers and Weeds of Hillside by H. A. Bingham

These books made up the best manuscripts which were submitted in a competition.

R. A. Ballou published the first editions of #1-3 in 1866. Ballou put out a three volume boxed set.
The fourth volume was first published by Benton Smith in 1868.
Cloth. Blindstamped. Gilt spine lettering. 16 mo.