Little Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffet,
Eating curds and why;
There came a big spider,
And sat down beside her,
And frightened Miss
Muffet away.
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Scans from books in the public domain for discussion and convenience.
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In early 2009 I started going through some of my father's things deciding what to keep and what to sell or give away. Among the many books collected over his lifetime, some were very old and interesting. Many of these were in disrepair and I decided to archive their contents in case the books deteriorated more. Given that some of them had fallen into the public domain I wanted to share their weird, interesting and often beautiful contents. A lot of this text can be found other places on the web, so there's nothing revolutionary going on here. I'm posting them because I'm exploring them and I want other people to explore them too. There will be at least one post a day to read
Currently in the Library
The Complete Dream Book - Edward Frank Allen. New York: Circle Books. 1938.
Collected at the KBOO radio station book sale.
The Fables of Æesop - "Complete, with text based upon Croxall, La Fontaine, and l'Estrange with copious additions from other authors." Chicago: W.B. Conkey Company. Copyright date unknown. Illustrator unknown(!)
Given to my grandfather by "Uncle Tom" in 1901.
Little Bo-Peep - Father Tuck's "Little Pet" Series. London, Paris, New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Co., Ltd. Designed at the Studios in London. Copyright date unknown.
Inscription reads: Joe from Nora, Xmas 1898. Joe was my great-grandfather's name, but his wife's name was Wilma, so...?
New Barnes Readers - The Kearny Plan - Book One (First Year, Second Half) by Herman Dressel, Superintendent of Schools, Kearny, NJ; May Robbins, Primary Superintendent, Kearny, NJ: Ellis U. Graff, Superintendent of Schools, Indianapolis. Illustrated by Mabel B. Hill. Chicago/New York: Laidlaw Brothers. 1916.
Inscription reads: "Ulysses Bud - 762 Grand Ave. N." then, in a stamp with lines reading Room, Row, Seat and No. are the names of relatives: B.J., J.T., Jane (my aunt) and Jimmy (my dad).
The Olive Fairy Book ed. by Andrew Lang. New York: Dover. 1907 (this edition 1968).
A gift from my dad to my mom. The text has fallen into the public domain. I'm pretty sure the illustrations have too...
Write It Right - A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults -By Ambrose Bierce. New York: Neale Publishing Co. 1900
Inscription reads: "David Schmatzer"
Collected at the KBOO radio station book sale.
The Fables of Æesop - "Complete, with text based upon Croxall, La Fontaine, and l'Estrange with copious additions from other authors." Chicago: W.B. Conkey Company. Copyright date unknown. Illustrator unknown(!)
Given to my grandfather by "Uncle Tom" in 1901.
Little Bo-Peep - Father Tuck's "Little Pet" Series. London, Paris, New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Co., Ltd. Designed at the Studios in London. Copyright date unknown.
Inscription reads: Joe from Nora, Xmas 1898. Joe was my great-grandfather's name, but his wife's name was Wilma, so...?
New Barnes Readers - The Kearny Plan - Book One (First Year, Second Half) by Herman Dressel, Superintendent of Schools, Kearny, NJ; May Robbins, Primary Superintendent, Kearny, NJ: Ellis U. Graff, Superintendent of Schools, Indianapolis. Illustrated by Mabel B. Hill. Chicago/New York: Laidlaw Brothers. 1916.
Inscription reads: "Ulysses Bud - 762 Grand Ave. N." then, in a stamp with lines reading Room, Row, Seat and No. are the names of relatives: B.J., J.T., Jane (my aunt) and Jimmy (my dad).
The Olive Fairy Book ed. by Andrew Lang. New York: Dover. 1907 (this edition 1968).
A gift from my dad to my mom. The text has fallen into the public domain. I'm pretty sure the illustrations have too...
Write It Right - A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults -By Ambrose Bierce. New York: Neale Publishing Co. 1900
Inscription reads: "David Schmatzer"
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"There came a big spider" vs. "Along came a spider." Discuss.
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