Meet the Peterkins, a lovable crew with a notable lack of common sense. These classic comic tales chronicle the family's roundabout attempts to solve simple, everyday problems. Hailed by The New York Times as "a masterpiece," this collection offers a vision of 19th-century New England life that charms readers of all ages.

Reprint of the Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, 1886 edition.