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“At the Back of the Moon: Or, Observations of Lunar Phases.” By A. Lunar Wray. Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1879.

William Clements Library Adopt a Piece of History Bookplate

“At the Back of the Moon: Or, Observations of Lunar Phases.” By A. Lunar Wray. Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1879.


Adopted by

Kristin Cabral

In honor of 

Laura Beaulieu

Savage, Minot Judson. At the Back of the Moon: Or, Observations of Lunar Phases. By A. Lunar Wray. Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1879. 130 pp.

Written in verse. A satire on modern society, politics, and religion, as observed by a narrator who meets the people dwelling at the back of the moon. Interesting inscription possibly in the author’s hand.

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