Sleepy-Time Stories by Maud Ballington Booth (Maud Humphrey) - 1901

Sleepy-Time Stories by Maud Ballington Booth or Maud Humphrey (She is the mother of Humphrey Bogart, and frequently used her young son as a model.)G.P. Putnam / The Knickerbocker Press New York London, 1901, early reprint. First published in Oct. 1899.
> Beautiful gold leaf Art Nouveau cover with pink poppies and illustrated spine.
> The book is a bit worn around the edges, and the binding is loose in a few places - to be expected from a book over 120 years old.
> On the FFEP 1/1.10 (in pencil). FON/ Former owners: Name Betty Rathburn 147 Waldo, Piedmont (in red)
> Inside back cover, Label Henry R Johnson Bookseller & Stationer, Spring field Mass
> Illustrated and Decorative Cloth cover by author Maud Humphrey.

"Sleepy-Time Stories" is one of the most charming books for little children. It is dainty and fascinating, and those who can read it, or have it read to them, will want sleepy-time to come very often." – The Congregationalist, 1899. Stories for children include: "Butterfly-Blue and Butterfly-Dear," "What Became of Angel-Flower," and "The Story of Two Little Lambs."

Maud Elizabeth Charlesworth (September 13, 1865 – August 26, 1948) later changed her name to Maud Ballington Booth, was a Salvation Army leader and co-founder of the Volunteers of America.[1]

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