A printed broadside containing a ballad, which employs racist language and stereotypes, disparaging Anthony Paul Dostie (1821–1866), a dentist and civil rights advocate who was killed in the New Orleans massacre of 1866.

Speaker(s): Elaine Showalter

Folio bifolium, 18" tall, previous folds, else fine. Extensively illustrated, and giving all the particulars on the current series of subscription publications from International Publishing, including The Circle of the Century: Its Noted Men and Great Events, by Charles Morris ("No other book on earth like this / It is a harvest for agents"); a series of five "holiday books" including The Child's History of the United States which "are all shown in one large splendid canvassing outfit which folds up like a doctor's convenient medicine case"; and, Happy Little Americans for Little Ones Bright ("this charming volume just the book all parents want for their children"). All books described include details on bindings, illustrations, page counts, etc.