FREDERICK DOUGLAS

As February comes to a close, we again focus on Black History books in the collection. Last year we recommended for your reading an 1858 publication compiled from authentic materials by W. O. Blake and titled The History of Slavery and the Slave Trade, Ancient and Modern....

(Please refer to our posting of February 19, 2009.)

This year we suggest Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, Written by Himself (Park Publishing, Hartford, CN, 1882). This book covers "his early life as a slave, his escape from bondage, and his complete history to the present time, including his connection with the anti-slavery movement." A general note states: "Enlarged from the author's My Bondage and My Freedom, New York, 1855."

We have frequently seen and heard Mr. Douglass's name in the press recently. Now we have an opportunity to get better acquainted with him through his own words in this 1882 edition that is on the shelves here in the Bullis Room.

MARK TWAIN

On this date in 1885, Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published for the first time in this country. One hundred and fifteen years later people of all ages are still enjoying Huck's tale along with the many other works by this prolific writer.

A few of Twain's books in the Bullis Collection are pictured here. You can find the complete list of these vintage books by going to http://www.pls-net.org/, first clicking on OWWL catalog and then on Advanced Search (found under and to the left of the regular search box). Next fill in the following boxes:

Author: Mark Twain

Library: Macedon Public Library

Location: Bullis Collection

Then we suggest you make a list of your favorites and bring it to the Bullis Room so we can show you the awesome illustrations in these century-old books.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

From Nettie Bullis's vintage postcard collection

WHAT HAVE YOU "RED" LATELY?

You may think you're "seeing red" when you look at the display case outside the Bullis Room. Well, you are--books with red covers from this collection. Here are the titles:

Life of Mary Jemison, by James Seaver, 1910

New York Commonwealth, by Ellis H. Roberts, New York: 1904

A Man's Value to Society, by Newell Dwight Hills, 1904

Bridgewater Treatises, by William Whewell, DD, 1852

Pictures Every Child Should Know, by Delores Bacon, 1913

The Spectator, by Henry Morely, London: 1902

Anecdotes from Ancient History, author unknown, New York: 1847

Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin--Record of a Family of Engineers,

by Robert Louis Stevenson, New York: 1925

Biography of American Military Heroes, Vol. I,

by Thomas Wilson, New York: 1821

If you haven't read these red-covered books, perhaps you'd like to add two or three to your list.