Hey, I know wee and little both mean the same thing, but "wee, little" seemed to describe this and the following books so much better.
The publisher, Walter Scott, put out one of these every year for Christmas. None of them have stated authors or editors. All are in poor shape, but oh, they are still so cute!
Voices that Live (1928, $3): various quotes, some long, and some short.
The ones I liked the most were:
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, three pages long (Lincoln's speech was considered insignificant at the time, and much, much too short, except people had really come to hear the "other guy" speak. Europe, though, was very impressed. Lincoln went to bed after he returned to his train. He was found to be running a high temperature, probably from some strain of cow pox.)
Calvin Coolidge's Gettysburg Address, 25 pages long
Lincoln's letter to Mrs Bixley after the deaths in battle of her five sons (except it was all a hoax to get money from the government)
Frances Scott Key's letter to a friend describing the shelling of Fort McHenry that inspired him to write the Star Spangled Banner.
"Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Clause."
"Auld Lang Syne" ( I had forgotten it was written by Robert Burns.)
There are many more. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did! Look for them in the glass case at the front of the store.
