Author: Hammer,S.H. & C. Harrison (collected by)
Title: MASTER CHARLIE Painter, poet, novelist and teacher with numerous examples of his work
Description: London, Cassell and Co. 1st edition 1899 Color illustration purporting to be done by Master Charlie as a youngster . Octavo cloth spined pictorial boards (tips worn/edges darkened) 67pp+catal. Written with childish misspellings, grammatical mistakes etc. as if by the child. Incl. "youthful" adventure novel titled Reginal Rackstraw or the hero of the Roccky Mountins" Also section of Easy lessons in French and German with cartoon style illustrated sequences. Some of these items first appeared in Little Folks Annuals. Each page with facing full page illustration in primary color or black/white. *Humorous in the vein of "Down with skool".

Keywords: humor child-like writing


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