The Edward T. LeBlanc Memorial Dime Novel Bibliography

Item - St. Valentine's Day

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(source: NIU Libraries)
Online Full Text: Northern Illinois University
Series: New York Weekly v. 30 no. 16 — page 4
Subject / Tag: Sketch
Part of: New York Weekly, v. XXX, no. 16, February 22, 1875 (Issue)
Author: Thorn, Kate
Date: February 22, 1875
First Sentence: The custom of sending Valentines is as old as the hills, and will doubtless continue as long as the hills do.
Last Sentence: Later in life, we were told that the first man a maiden met on Valentine morning was to her fate, and full of faith we went forth, and met the milkman on the steps, but as he had already a wife and eleven children, there was no hope in that direction for yours truly.

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