Evening star., 1932-04-03
Continued from Fourth Page

Hoorus Enkheuyzer, Alkmaarder, en- Purmer-
ender lede-boek ." printed in Amsterdam
about 1852. Bound In a curious SheepSkin
folder, its appearance of swollen Importance
Immediately challenges attention. 1t meas
ures 27s by 17s inches. well thumbed copy
of volume one of Oliver and Boyd's Little
Warbler" Edinburgh, 1920, contains in its 14O
pages nearly all of the old Scotch songs. In
size it is one of the smallest of the music books
being only 2S by 134 inches. Not much larger
(25s by inches) is THE Aeolian Harp or
Songsters Cabinet" published by S. Hart g.
Son. Philadelphia, 1929
Still in its original binding of well worn calf
skin, is the smallest of them all, THE Diamond
Songster: Containing the Most Approved Sen
timental English Songs" published by F. Lucas,
Baltimore, 1872 and measuring over all 25s by
rs inches, just a trifle larger than an
average size box of safety matches Two little
hymn books complete the musical group. The
Sacred Melodies: A Collection of Hymns and
Spiritual Songs" by Rev. William r. Babcock,
published by A. r. Knox DanSville 1845. and
THE Association Hymn Book" by Silas Farm
er, published by j. NJ Arnold & Co., Detroit,
1869, barely come under the four-inch mark.
Both works measure by 2% inches, and are
filled with old hymns, many of which are still
heard today.
The collection is well fortified in the field
of American history and politics. The Little
History of the United States" Philadelphia,
Loomis g. Peck, 1846, in indeed little as his
tories go. Its 191 pages, measuring by rs
inches, are filled with interesting incidents of
the growth of our country from the landing
of Columbus to the administration of President
Tyler little larger work. 334 by rs inches,
$50 Stories About Indians" Concord, Rufus
Merrill, 1853, may fairly be included in this
group. 1t is composed entirely of little anec-
dotes, legends and historical notes dealing with
~ fIa xuI1i riIIa1
Westward invasion.
A tiny volume of 16 pages, and measuring
only 17s by l inch provides ample proof that
the more or less vitriolic present-day political
campaigns not without precedent. The
Life and Services of Gen. Pierce" Philadel-
phia, 1852, was printed primarily as piece
of campaign buffoonery by the generals op-
ponents The little work begins with the
following introduction: I'VE esteem it sacred
and patriotic duty to present to the electors of
the United States memento of this great
and good man." However, the rest of the vol
ume is in the general trend Of the first three
paragraphs which read as follows: "Franky
Pierce was the son of his father, born at Con-
cord, N H., in the year of our Lord 1788."
I'm December, A. D. 1927, he spelled the word
but for his father" I'm December, 1886, he
was elected to Congress, and the first notable
thing he did was in 1887, to vote against the
right of petition"
A copy of the Addresses Of Abraham Lin
COIN" published by the Kingsport Press 1929,
measures only "a by 5s Of an inch. A postage
stamp will completely hide this tiny work which
was originated by a student in the Vocational
School at the Kingsport Press. It is bound in
soft red leather and its 100 pages contain the
Gettysburg Address," the Second Inaugural"
"A House Divided" and Equality in Re-
public" In 1880, one year later, the same press
issued companion volume, Extracts From the
Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge" "The Facts
About the Candidate" by Byron Andrews Chi
cage, 1904, is the smallest book ever published