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A Child's Dream of the Zoo, by William Manning 61939 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/6/1/9/3/61939 ] [Files: 61939-0.txt; 61939-h.htm] For those wishing to know: since it's creation in 1841, Brompton Hospital (London), was supported by generous donations from the locals in what was becoming a affluent area. This short booklet from 1886 is an example of how money was raised: an "entertainment" was given, probably by various locals, and the money raised given to the hospital. Obviously William Manning's poem of a child's fever dream in the hospital went down well and he had a printed locally: no doubt proceeds also went to the hospital. All the best, David, England with sun and blue skies