Friday, May 21, 2004

BOOK OF THE DAY This poor damaged little book is a second reader from, I'd guess, the 1880s or thereabouts; it's stamped here and there with a Sacramento bookseller's mark (Weinstock, Lubin & Co.), and there's a logo from a San Francisco seller glued in it, as well. The title page has been removed so I can't nail down the year of publication, and it suffers from a little water damage. Aside from the dear engravings, the most interesting thing about the book to me are the jottings of a--Japanese?--child apparently coming to terms with written English, and the change in name to "Sammie" from something like "Shirichi" (?). 9:05:51 AM    comment []

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