Merry rhymes and stories for merry little learners

Merry rhymes and stories for merry little learners. Copy 2: some illustrations have been hand-coloured. Each vol. has caption title and running title: Nursery rhymes. First, 3rd and 5th v. have ill. after C.H. Bennett, chiefly repeated from: Shadows. Second series / by Charles H. Bennett. London : W. Kent & Co., [1857]; Poets' wit and humour / selected by W.H. Wills. London : Bell and Daldy, 1861. Illustrations: wood engravings by various artists; those from ''Shadows. Second series'' were engraved by J. Swain. Man smoking pipe: ill. by C.H. Bennett, v. I, p. 10; accompanying verse: ''He lounged all the day, And his time smoked away'' (p. 11). Undated. Date from publisher's form of name and years of activity, cf. P.A.H. Brown. London publishers and printers, p. 214.