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This book, deemed to have stemmed from Indian oral tradition, tells the story of Siddhartha who abandoned the palace of his father under the influence of his mentor, Bluher. One of the lithographed editions was used to supply part of the Elementary…

This extremely popular book features Isaac Watts's religious poetry, some of which was later satirized by Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland. Missionary records attest that some enslaved children memorized and copied these rhymes.

This list of books alongside children's names appears as archival ephemera, alongside records of an exam given at the school. Most of the books can be identified from Religious Tract Society publications.

A runaway slave ad appears next to an ad for schoolbooks sold at the Henry James Mills' bookshop and printing office.

A Grammar of General Geography featured several foldout maps, including a map of The World.

The frontispiece of A Grammar of General Geography featured an interactive element, in which children could spin a paper wheel to visualize whether it was morning, evening, or night in 34 locations around the world.

A geography textbook written by English radical schoolteacher, bookseller, and politician, Sir Richard Phillips, under his frequently used pseudonym, J. Goldsmith.