Sammy Tubbs / The / Boy Doctor / And / "Sponsie" / The Troublesome Monkey / A Book For Private Reading / Science In Story / Murray Hill Series

Foote, E.B.

Published by Murray Hill Publishing Co; NY; 252 pp.; ; VG; 1874/1874, 1874

About this Item

_____This is the last in a series of five titles featuring Sammy Tubbs which were intended to introduce young readers to science. _____ Throughout the series the hero was a young Black man, trained as a doctor and saddled with a comic sidekick in the form of a monkey named Sponsie. _____ This volume was employed to teach the facts of human reproduction and as such was designed to stand separately from the prior quartet. _____ By the end, the story seems to be drifting into the dark waters of eugenics. _____ Illustrated throughout with intertext drawings._____ Including some surprisingly frank anatomical diagrams. _____ In fact, one leaf was intended to be removed if deemed too graphic._____ It features cutaway views of male and female genitalia._____ To facilitate any subterfuge, these pages were numbered as 180 1/2 and 180 3/4, so that if excised the pagination would still be continuous._____ That leaf is still present in this copy. _____ Oddly, a later page 189/190 has actually been removed._____ According to the table of contents, at that point Sponsie the Monkey has been "Completely Disemboweled!" This catastrophe occurs in the middle of a lecture on the evils of "Self-Abuse"._____ We leave any "Cause & Effect" to the imagination of the reader. _____ The covers show light shelf wear. _____. Seller Inventory # 04329

Bibliographic Details

Title: Sammy Tubbs / The / Boy Doctor / And / "...

Publisher: Murray Hill Publishing Co; NY; 252 pp.; ; VG; 1874/1874

Publication Date: 1874

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition