Mr. W. C. Lane has recently edited a catalogue of the Bibliographical Contributions in the College Library including the American and English Chap-books and Broadside Ballads. This is the first catalogue of these pamphlets, amounting to about 3,000 including duplicates, which has ever been published. These Chap-books are interesting because they cover a wide range of subjects; they preserve a record of many details of manners and customs, superstitions and prejudices; they reflect the popular point of view in ways that might otherwise disappear; and they transmit to us a host of romances, songs, jests, and anecdotes in the form popular at the time of their production.
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