Comprising: The Prairie. [1841]. The Ant. [1841]. The Ear. [1841]. The Eye. [1841]. The Leaf. [1841]. The Tongue. [1841]. The Grass. [1841]. Second Edition. The Egg. [1842]. The Instinct of Birds. [1842]. The Fruit. [1842]. The Coral-Maker. [1842]. The Gall Insect. [1842]. The Honey Bee. [1842]. Second Edition. [London: The Religious Tract Society. 1841-42]. Significant group of this desirable series of science and natural history books, produced by The Religious Tract Society, designed to teach young children basic knowledge on each of the subjects. The works, whilst offered separately, were also designed to be classed in six volumes (with five titles in each): ‘Plants’; ‘Birds’; ‘Remarkable Insects’; ‘Wonders of the Waters’; ‘The Senses’; and ‘The Waters of the Earth’, though rarely are all found offered together. Indeed, few of the individual titles survive in more than one or two copies in institutions, and although published in large numbers, the destruction rate due to little fingers must have been great. Provenance: ‘The Prairie’ and ‘The Leaf’ with contemporary ownership signature of Harriet Oakley, the latter also with the booksellers label of J.W. Snowden, 9, Cambridge Terrace, High St., Kingsland. Several other titles have the initial’s ‘J.D.W.’ in pencil at head of title page, though it is unclear how early this is.