D. Lothrop & Co., Boston
D. Lothrop Publishing Company, Boston

Lothrop published three T. S. Arthur titles.

Fireside Angel (also noted with the author Uncle Herbert) This book has 22 chapters much of which previously was published in the Children’s Hour.

Rainy Day at Home (first edition as a title.) This title consists of eight chapters. Virtually all the content had previously appeared in various issues of "The Children’s Hour”.

Pete Ogle; or, A Nasty Temper Mastered (first edition as a title)

All three titles have content that had been published before. Fireside Angel had been published as a book previously. Lothrop published the Rainy Day at Home and Pete Ogle in book form for the first time.

Each title was copyrighted by D. Lothrop & Co. in 1869. These volumes only appeared in Lothrop’s publisher’s series.

These titles were part of several Lothrop series. Each series had a number of cover formats. Not all the variations are known at the time.

Determining which series a particular book is part of is sometimes very difficult. Of course, some books note the series name on the cover or title page. Others give no indication. Without other similar looking editions or the original labeled box it can be an almost impossible task figuring out which series a title belongs to. One help can be the publisher address on the title page. D. Lothrop & Company became D. Lothrop Company in 1887.

The Lothrop series that had T. S. Arthur books:

Bill Riggs Library
Charming Stories
Play and Study Series
Rainy Day Stories
Sunday School Library (only Rainy Day at School)-details not known

The Bill Riggs Library had four volumes including Pete Ogle and Fireside Angel. It was published between 1870 and 1880. The other volumes were Bill Riggs, Jr. and New Year. The books were priced at 75 cents and available as a boxed set.

Charming Stories. Series A and Series B each had five books in 1876. "B" included Fireside Angel and Pete Ogle. 16 mo. 50 cents each. This series was noted as early as 1873. A new edition was released in 1878. It was published at least into the late 1880’s with the later books published by D. Lothrop Company.

Play and Study Series. Both Fireside Angel and Rainy Day at Home are in this series. The books are 16 mo. and cost 50 cents each. This series was published by D. Lothrop Company (Post-1887). Ads note that this series was expanded to 15 volumes in 1889.

Rainy Day Stories Series (1870-1884)
In 1869 only two titles were part of the the Rainy Day Stories. In 1870 and 1871, Rainy Day at Home and Fireside Angel were part of the five volume Rainy Day Stories Series. The books were 75 cents each and available as a boxed set. By 1884 there were eight 18 mo. titles in this Library (also called Rainy Day Library Series) and all three Arthur titles were included (Pete Ogle was the third).

Sunday School Library included Rainy Day at Home as #12. No other details about this series are known.

Charming Stories Series
Probably a later Charming Stories Series

Rainy Day Series

Unknown Series
Unknown Series