The Saturday Magazine,
No. 271, September 24th, 1836, 8pp., London, published by John William Parker, West
Strand. An engraving, a portrait of "John Fox, the Martyrologist", and three smaller
illustrations, with an article on the last page, concerning "Gall-nuts and the Gall-insect".
There is almost two pages about John Fox; a short essay on Friendship; an installment in a
series about newspapers, this one about the writing of articles and the typesetting and
printing process; a very funny letter from a baronet, detailing the calamities of his life
( for example, "...Finding the roof bad, I sent slaters, at the peril of ther necks, to
repair it. They mended three holes, and made thirty themselves...."); two pages on the
"Manners and Customs of the Chinese"; several short anecdotes and aphorisms; and a nostalgic
poem, "The Bucket", by Woodworth, "...The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The
moss-covered bucket, which hangs in his well."
Tiny sewing holes, where it was
formerly bound, otherwise VF.......$25.00
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