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Sophie May, 1833-1906. Dotty Dimple Out West Boston: Lee and Shepard; New York: Lee, Shepard and Dillingham, 1869 “Sophie May” was the pseudonym of Rebecca Sophia Clarke. Born in Norridgewock, Maine, she grew up there and was educated at the…

Alice Bradley Haven, 1827-1863 "All’s Not Gold That Glitters.” Or, The Young Californian. By Cousin Alice New-York: D. Appleton & Co., 1865 Part of the “Home Books” series by “Cousin Alice” and first published in 1853. Sam Gilman accompanies his…

Dr. Dietrich The German Emigrants: or, Frederick Wohlgemuth’s Voyage to California by Dr. Dietrich. Translated by Leopold Wray Guben: Printed by F. Fechner, [1852?] German literary travel account of a Prussian boy, Fred Wolgemuth, his family, and…

H. de Chavannes de la Giraudière Les Petits Voyageurs en Californie Tours: A. Mame et Cie, 1853 This children’s story centers on a Frenchman, transfixed by the Gold Rush, who travels from Le Havre to search for gold in California. He has two boys…

The Juvenile Gem New York: Huestis & Cozans, [1850-1852] Huestis & Cozans were New York publishers who specialized in children’s books from about 1845 to 1860. The Juvenile Gem consists of seven stories, each with a separate title page,…

Three Makuna boys above a waterfall on the lower Apaporis River in Columbia. Photograph by botanist Richard Evans Schultes, 1952.

Curl-crested Aracaris. Henry Walter Bates, Naturalist on the River Amazons (London, 1863)

Various species of Euphonia. Jean-Théodore Descourtilz, Ornithologie brésilienne... (London, 1854-56)

More exotic creatures. Henry Walter Bates, Naturalist on the River Amazons (London, 1863)

Scary creatures. Henry Walter Bates, Naturalist on the River Amazons (London, 1863)