The Saturday Magazine, No. 287,
December 24th, 1836, 8pp., London, published by John William Parker, West Strand. An
illustration of a "Saxon Freeman [and a] Saxon Serf" accompanies the article "Manners and
Customs of the Anglo-Saxons" (3pp.); there follows a description of a "Fall of Locusts"; two
short pieces, "Rustic Philosophy" and "Evidence in Every Thing"; another in the series, "Notes
on Forest Trees", this one on "The Scotch Fir", accompanied by two illustrations (1 1/2 pp.);
several short anecdotes and aphorisms; a poem by Kirke White, "Christmas Day"; one-half-page
articles on "The Leathern Bottles of the Ancients" and "The Ants"; an essay on "Progress of
the Human Mind", by Roget; a short piece on "Huber, the Naturalist"; and a long article on
"Carpets" (different kinds and their methods of manufacture).
Tiny sewing holes, where it was formerly bound, otherwise VF.......$25.00
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