Helen's Babies. with Some Account of Their Ways Innocent, Crafty, Angelic, Impish, Witching, and Repulsive. Also, a Partial Record of Their Actions During Ten Days of Their Existence. by Their Latest Victim.

206, [2] pp. Inspiration for 1924 silent film; cited in Orwell's essay Good Bad Books, and G.K. Chesterton's essay Generally Speaking. "Helen's Babies is a humorous novel by American journalist and author John Habberton, first published in 1876. The book's full title is: Helen's Babies: With Some Account of Their Ways Innocent, Crafty, Angelic, Impish, Witching, and Repulsive, Also, a Partial Record of Their Actions During Ten Days of Their Existence. In its early editions the author was noted anonymously as "By Their Latest Victim"."--Wikipedia