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P.H. Muir, rev. of Kaufrufe und Strassenhändler. Cries and Itinerant Traders by Karen Beall, The Book Collector, 25 (1976), 558.

Robert Raines, Marcellus Laroon (1967), Appendix III.

The figure of one thousand copies is based upon the count of the first edition of Hogarth's dramatically successful Harlot's Progress issued in 1732 when the market for engravings in London was much keener than it was in 1688; considering that a total of approximately eight copies of both Laroon editions are known to have survived, the estimate seems generous.

Catalogue One Thousand (London: Maggs Bros., 1980), 191.

Karen Beall, Kaufrufe und Strassenhändler. Cries and Itinerant Traders (Hamburg: Hauswedell, 1975), p. 126.

National Union Catalogue Pre-1956 Imprints, CCCXVI (1974), 490.

Unfortunately plate twenty-three ("The merry Milk Maid") is of no use in dating the Library of Congress Laroon. On the basis of certain fundamental similarities with "The merry milk maid" in Karen Beall's E 11, it seems safe to suggest that this print belongs to a suite of ten criers that Gole etched after Laroon's designs. Gole died around 1737.

The word "Vat" in the title is not a misprint in the original but an attempt to represent phonetically the speech of the lantern operator who is intended as a foreigner.

Percy Muir, English Children's Books 1600-1900 (1954), p. 120.

Early Children's Books and Their Illustration (Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975), pp. 169-170. I am indebted to Gerald Gottlieb who graciously provided me with a copy of this miniature and gave me valuable direction concerning it.

Ben Weinreb, "The Street People of Old London," AB, 65 (1980), 2635.