Hollister Sunbeam Vol. I No. 2 [cover title]

[Hollister, Ca.]: September 13, 1878. Very good.. [19]pp. Quarto. Original printed wrappers, completed in manuscript, bound with silk ties. Contents entirely in manuscript. Light wear and soiling to wraps. A charming production of a manuscript juvenile newspaper, written and collected by the public school students of Hollister, California, during the late 1870s. The text begins with an "editorial," a short reflection on how adults and children have different conceptions of their "school days." The following articles comprise short compositions on various subjects such as water ("water is a great aid in forming temperance societies"), moral courage ("all the good papers advise everybody to have moral courage"), and the privileges of leap year ("young ladies have the privilege of saying anything they please during leap year"). The whole is accomplished in the steady script of the editor, Miss Cora Tennant, presumably a teacher. The cover is printed with blanks for the issue number, date, and editor's name, such that the paper must have been an ongoing concern, but we are unable to locate any additional examples.