of books" or some other such entry. 3 Beyond that we know that large book-dealers in Philadelphia did send consignments of books to country retailers for distributikon in the hinterland. It cannot be assumed, however, that a cross-section of the well-known book stocks kept by Philadelphia bookdealers

of steel-framed spectacles. Nearly all were gray- headed, ruddy-cheeked, bright-eyed, and snowy-whiskered. Judging from his conversation, every man was either a school mate or a chum of George M. Dallas and James Buchanan. They talked not of the crops nor of the weather. They seemed to be far more