Original pictorial grey cloth with yellow and black on boards. Minor hinge strain at copyright page glued to prevent separation. Presentation bookplate (not filled in) to a pupil of "Sabbath School through the Upper Canada Tract Society as Trustee of the late Jesse Ketchum, Esq." Based in part on a true story of a young Chinese nobleman's education, which begins with his shelling peas in the kitchen of a wealthy home. Racial stereotyping. 86 pp.