[Scrap book of news-paper clippings on various subjects]
Published: 1820
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
Subjects: Early works to 1900; Arithmetic
Description: Scrapbook consisting of 18 p. of clippings on various subjects; appears to be primarily from English newspapers.  Includes an account of a rabies case in Ulster and a substantial account of the life of Queen Caroline (d. 1821).  The clippings are mounted on manuscript leaves from an arithmetic exercise book.  The remaining 62 p. are of these exercises, late 18th or early 19th century.  The pages have been cut to fit the boards, with the apparent intention to cover them as well with clippings.
Notes: Title from note from Library staff.

Bequest: Estate of Harry Houdini, April 1927.