Robin Hood, written by Paul Creswick and illustrated by N.C. Wyeth, was originally published in 1917. Creswick adapted the fairytale of Robin Hood, as originally told in 1377 in William Langland's Piers Plowman.
In 1873, American writer Grace Greenwood set out on a journey that would take her far from home. Her book, New Life in New Lands: Notes of Travel, is her record of those adventures.
In our Maryland Rare collection is a book, The Christiana Riot and the Treason Trials of 1851: An Historical Sketch by W. U. Hensel. This volume tells the story of one of the most violent conflicts in response to the Fugitive Slave Act. Written for the 60th anniversary, our edition includes a few extras.
