The Life of Little Witenose the Knowing Cat, Hattie's Ultra Naive 1854 Homemade Story Book seagull brooch I've developed quite a fondness

I've developed quite a fondness for wall pockets -- beautiful things to hang on the wall that are also super functional

Perhaps the blue tower in the background is a castle

5 1/2" x 3 3/8"

with some cracking to the binding

with what looks to have been a snake inside that would pop its head up when one slid the lid open

The Life of Little Witenose the Knowing Cat, Hattie's Ultra Naive 1854 Homemade Story Book seagull brooch I've developed quite a fondnessThe Life of Little Witenose! How ever could I resist? I could devote my life to hunting tiny hand drawn books like this and this is an early one, 1854. A note accompanying it attributes it to a young Hattie Burleigh Janes if only I had all of the content of that box! (I bought this from a New England dealer who had it in her personal collection for 30 or so years and just pulled it out.) Photos show every page, which can be a bit of a challenge to