American Headlight
Seiad Valley, Ca. 1887. Three issues, [4]pp. each. Light wear, one issue splitting at center fold. About very good. Item #6367
A semi-monthly amateur periodical edited and issued by Charles T. Bailey. Present here are issues from Volume Two for 1887, numbers 17, 21, and 23. The periodical seems to be full of the editor's witticisms and opinions, and we note that very often the letter "E" is missing from a wide variety of words. As an exemplar, "It has been discoverd that sea-watr may be made drinkabl by the addition to it of citric acid or citrate of silver." Of note is one opinion on the migration of the Chinese to the eastern half of the country, which the author says makes the Californians quite pleased: "There is said to be a gradual xodus of the Chinese from San Francisco to easter cities, where they will be right royally welcomd until their real natures become known. Then and not till then will our neighbors of the east become aware that the Asiatic is not such a desirabl companion as they would now hav us believ. Meanwhile the Californian is enjoying himself with the thought that by xperience shall they gain wisdom." We locate issues at four institutions -- the American Antiquarian Society, the University of California at Davis, the Newberry Library, and the Huntington.
Price: $650.00