(EMIGRATION) Cruikshank Percy Hints to Emigrants or Incident

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(EMIGRATION.) Cruikshank, Percy. Hints to Emigrants, or, Incidents in the Emigration of John Smith of Smith-Town. 9 engraved plates. Oblong 8vo, original illustrated wrappers; moderate wear; early and modern booksellers' tags on inside wrapper. London: J. Harwood, [1849]

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The first work by comic illustrator George Cruikshank's nephew, and in a similar style. Smith emigrates to an unspecified wilderness (California? British Columbia? Australia?) and is faced with ravenous beasts, harsh weather, and angry natives. All is well by the final panel, though, in which our aged protagonist sits on a porch viewing a whole town full of businesses operated by his progeny.