In the late 19th and in the early 20th Century offered booklet series such as the 'Public Library of Lahr Limping Messenger "cheap reading for the so-called people. Such series were forerunners of the later Roman books, often tailored to a younger readership. They reached high numbers, and often were quite durable. From the official critics mostly as "dirt and filth" labeled, they were often quite modest substance and arrested trivial action patterns. Sometimes, however, were also texts known writers of the time published. We present four examples from the series.
Heinrich Zschokke
Jonathan Frock. A criminal history.
Publisher: Moritz Schauenburg, Lahr, about 1909th First edition. 
79 pages. Kleinoktav series: National Library of Lahr Limping Messenger, no. 115-1 # #.
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