c. 1845 First edition. 8vo. pp 36, frontis. Later very neat half calf, with bands on spine and contrasting label. A very nice example of rather a rare adaptation of Cricket on the Hearth, with the frontispiece. It is particularly notable in that Stirling put on the production almost immediately after the printing of the Dicken s Christmas Book of that name, so that he could maximise his play s publicity value.