On Thursday Emi and I went to a few yard sales. At one there was a pile of books on a table. I noticed one that looked old. It was Scribners Magazine of Sept 1888. There were 20 some pages of interesting ads at the rear. I decided to look through it to see if there was anything numismatic. To my great surprise, I found a twelve-page, well-written and very well illustrated article on Presidential Campaign Medals.

In the text Robert Hewitt, who was a prominent 19th century medal and token collector, is mentioned, so probably the illustrations came from his cabinet. The author of this article was Gustav Kobbé. I know and have read quite a bit on 19th century numismatics, but this is the first time I have seen that name. Do any of our readers know more of this person, or have this publication in their libraries?

In the margin of the page telling of the campaign of 1841, someone had handwritten an old rhyme from those times:

"Maine went hell bent
For Governor Kent
And Tippecanoe & Tyler too"