The Chapter of Accidents or Book of Caution for Children
New York, Mahlon Day, 1829
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Many years ago, visiting the Rare Books Collection at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., I came upon this chapbook for children. I immediately fell in love with it and its crude, fascinating woodcuts. I knew I wanted to own my copy, but how can you find another copy of a flimsy little children’s book from 1840? Well, a bunch of years later, by chance, I did. And the book is as good as I remembered.
Jane and Eliza
Newark
Printed for the Publisher
1840