Correction

I just stumbled across a Facebook post with images that looked coincidentally familiar. Upon reading the comments from two respected friends, I discovered I attached the wrong date to a publication I transcribed from in 2012.

Those already looking ahead to making Christmas ornaments, please note I incorrectly dated Cassell’s Household Guide, Volume 3 as 1869, when it was in fact 1881.

I want to be certain that the correct date is known, not only for my blog followers, but also because the same transcribed passage appeared in the November, 2017 edition of a certain magazine with the same title and incorrect date.

I have corrected the date and updated the link in the original post.