[posted] Posted(#61939, Manning)

[David Price]

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