The Ladder to learning, step the first : being a collection of select fables, with original morals, upon a new plan, intended as an easy and entertaining introduction to the useful art of reading.

Later edited by Mrs. Trimmer; the original work has been erroneously attributed to her. (Osborne coll., p. 7-8; Roscoe, S. Newbery J359).
At foot of t.p.: [Price Six-pence].
Booklist on p. [1] at end includes "The father's gift", first advertised in 1775 (Roscoe J112); F. Newbery died in 1780.