An image from Shady Characters Apple-Blossoms: Verses of Two Children, 1879 This hand-painted spread comes from a book (Apple-Blossoms: Verses of Two Children, 1879) that formed part of the Houghton Library’s “Marks in Books” exhibition. ([Image courtesy of the Houghton Library](https://mastodon.social/@overholt@glammr.us/112574886869389531).)