Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities

False Stories Corrected

Posted in Beinecke Library, Shirley Collection by beineckepoetry on January 26, 2009

One tale from an 1822 collection for young readers
intent on disproving such mythic creatures as The Mermaid,
The Harpie, The Centaur, and this fellow, who is well known
in New England (especially this Winter).

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Snow Fun

Posted in Beinecke Library, Shirley Collection by beineckepoetry on December 25, 2008

Happy Holidays to all the Tramps and Trinkets, here and abroad.

(Selected images from a saleman’s sample book:
Tramp and Trinkets Abroad and Other Stories 
by Mary C. Crowley, Frances A. Humphrey and others.
Boston: D. Lothrop Company. Copyright 1892
)

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