Clark, Davis Wasgatt. (Editor).

FIRESIDE READING. TRAITS AND ANECDOTES OF BIRDS AND FISHES:.

1856. Item #65037

Clark, Davis Wasgatt. (Editor). FIRESIDE READING. TRAITS AND ANECDOTES OF BIRDS AND FISHES: Illustrating Their Natural History, Habits, and Instincts. Cincinnati: Swormstedt & Poe, 1856. 382p, cloth, cover edge wear, text foxed, good+. 1st edition. A collection of essays on birds and fish compiled from a wide variety of sources. "Fireside Reading" is a projected series of 5 volumes of anecdotes on a variety of subjects. Clark (1812-1871) was a Methodist clergyman who in 1852 became editor of the "Ladies Repository" in Cincinnati. See Coyle, "Ohio Authors", p.119.

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