book-hawker

The waters were beginning to stir; and by this time, no doubt, the parish boasts a regular book-hawker and reading-room; but at that day Englebourn was like one of those small ponds you may find in some nook of a hill-side, the banks grown over with underwood, to which neither man nor beast, scarcely the winds of heaven, have any access.

Tom Brown at Oxford Thomas Hughes 1859

"Yes, I will stay, friend," answered the book-hawker, "if by so doing I can place more clearly before you the way of salvation."

The Woodcutter of Gutech William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

"In a few words I can answer you," said the book-hawker.

The Woodcutter of Gutech William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

As it was somewhat late, the book-hawker gladly availed himself of the shelter of the hut for the night, while he amply repaid his young hosts by reading and expounding the Scriptures to them, greatly to their satisfaction.

The Woodcutter of Gutech William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

The book-hawker with a smile observed her anxiety, and placing his pack on the table, opened it, and exhibited to the admiring eyes of the spectators a number of volumes.

The Woodcutter of Gutech William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

"I once thought as you do," answered the book-hawker.

The Woodcutter of Gutech William Henry Giles Kingston 1847