The Olden Time Series, Vol. 4: Quaint and Curious Advertisements

The Olden Time Series, Vol. 4:
Quaint and
by Henry M.
Brooks

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Title: The Olden Time Series, Vol. 4: Quaint and Curious
Advertisements Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and
Salem, Massachusetts
Author: Henry M. Brooks
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THE OLDEN-TIME SERIES.
16mo. Per vol., 50 cents.
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There appears to be, from year to year, a growing popular taste for
quaint and curious reminiscences of "Ye Olden Time," and to meet this,
Mr. Henry M. Brooks has prepared a series of interesting handbooks.
The materials have been gleaned chiefly from old newspapers of
Boston and Salem, sources not easily accessible, and while not
professing to be history, the volumes contain much material for history,
so combined and presented as to be both amusing and instructive. The
titles of some of the volumes indicate their scope and their promise of
entertainment:--
CURIOSITIES OF THE OLD LOTTERY. DAYS OF THE
SPINNING-WHEEL. SOME STRANGE AND CURIOUS
PUNISHMENTS. QUAINT AND CURIOUS ADVERTISEMENTS.
LITERARY CURIOSITIES. NEW-ENGLAND SUNDAY, ETC.
* * * * *
"It has been the good fortune of the writer to be allowed a peep at the
manuscript for this series, and he can assure the lovers of the historical
and the quaint in literature that something both valuable and pleasant is
in store for them. In the specialties treated of in these books Mr. Brooks
has been for many years a careful collector and student, and it is
gratifying to learn that the material is to be committed to book
form."--Salem Gazette.
* * * * *
For sale by all Booksellers. Sent, post-paid, upon receipt of price.
Catalogues of our books mailed free.

TICKNOR & CO., BOSTON.

THE OLDEN TIME SERIES
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QUAINT AND CURIOUS ADVERTISEMENTS

ADVERTISEMENTS.
Advertisements are sometimes very amusing. They give insights into the
manners of the times no less interesting than authentic. Suppose the
ancients had possessed a press, and that a volume of a Roman Post or
Chronicle had been dug up at Herculaneum, with what curiosity should
we not contemplate the millinery of the Roman ladies, or, "Wanted, a
Gladiator to fight the last new lion;" or, "Next Ides of November will be
published the new poem of Quintus Horatius Flaccus"!--LEIGH
HUNT.

THE OLDEN TIME SERIES.
GLEANINGS CHIEFLY FROM OLD NEWSPAPERS OF BOSTON
AND SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS
SELECTED AND ARRANGED, WITH BRIEF COMMENTS
BY
HENRY M. BROOKS
* * * * *
Quaint and Curious Advertisements
"Old and new make the warp and woof of every moment. There is no

thread that is not a twist of these two strands. By necessity, by
proclivity, and by delight, we all quote."--EMERSON
[Illustration: Crest]
BOSTON
TICKNOR AND COMPANY
1886
Copyright, 1886,
BY TICKNOR AND COMPANY.
All rights reserved.
University Press:
JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.

INDEX OF NAMES.
PAGE
ABRAHAM, NATHANIEL 30 Adams, John 73 Allen, Jolley 40 Allen,
Thomas 27 Amberson, William 105 Amory, John & Thomas, & Co.
126 Amory, Jonathan & John 29 Andrews, William, jr. 140 Appleton,
John 46 Aspinwalle, G. & T. 91
BAILS, JAMES 137 Baker, John 21 Baker, Mr. 8 Ball, John 12
Barclay, Andrew 38 Barnard, Thomas, D.D. 45, 48 Barnum, P.T. 120
Bartlett, Keziah 136, 137 Bartlett, W.P. 59 Bathrick, Samuel 141 Bell,
Robert 54 Belcher & Armstrong 91 Belknap, Jeremy, D.D. 44 Bernard,
Governor Francis 14, 15 Billings, Mary 18, 19 Blake, Increase 11
Blanchard & Hancock 35 Bois, John 17 Bolles, E.C., D.D. 117
Boutineau, Deacon 3 Bowen, Mr. 55, 68, 92 Bowes, Nicholas 24

Bowles, William Augustus 104 Boyer, Daniel 31 Bray, George 11, 12
Brazer, Samuel 98, 99 Brewer, Jonathan 106 Brewer, Thomas 67
Briggs, Enos 70, 72, 73, 75 Brooks, Sarah 61 Brown, Charles 127
Brown, Mr. 120 Brown, William 82 Buffum, James R. 145 Bulfinch,
Jeremiah 136 Burnham, Nathan 140
CABOT, FRANCIS 48 Cabot, Joseph 9, 10 Caines, Thomas 137
Callender, Joseph 35 Campbell, Elizabeth 3 Carleton, Osgood 54, 55
Cato 100 Chapman, Moses 119 Chase & Speakman 40 Chase, T. 40
Chase, Thomas 17 Choate, Thomas 140 Chesterfield, Lord 23 Clark,
Dr. 20 Clark, W. Gaylord 7 Coffin, Ebenezer 34 Copley, John S. 69
Courtney, Elizabeth 8 Courtney, Mr. 9 Craigie,