[London] : [Temporary Home for Lost and Starving Dogs], [1870?]
Physical Description:
[7] leaves : ill ; 23 x 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
The artist of the present work is probably William Parkinson, who contributed illustrations to various London magazines in the 1880s and 1890s (see: Houfe, Bryant & Heneage). A William Parkinson is also recorded as treasurer of the Temporary Home for Lost and Starving Dogs circa 1870.
Contents:
An appeal for the hard worked poor: being a few sharp pointed remarks on the acute sufferings of needlewomen, from too much needlework and too little pin-money [a note to the "public" with an illustration by Parkinson] -- The author's son and 'heir', (Query hair?) [a poem] -- [A satirical print of Charles Green in his balloon, the Nassau] -- The Waterloo Bridge Tragedy, or The mysterious carpet bag [a poem] -- Why spoil our game of leap-frog so ... [a poem on a boy's thoughtless cruelty to frogs] -- The haunted house [a poem] -- [Advertisement for the Temporary Home of Lost and Starving Dogs, ca. 1870]
Subject Terms:
Temporary Home for Lost and Starving Dogs (London, England) | Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. | Animal welfare -- Great Britain. | Animal shelters -- Great Britain. | Animal pounds -- Great Britain. | Dogs -- Great Britain. | Ragged schools -- Great Britain. | Needleworkers -- Great Britain.