Every year here in Arlington, Texas there are two book fairs.  I started
going to these fairs about three years ago.  Over the years I have found
two items of interest to MMD subscribers.

The very first book fair I attended I really hit the jackpot.  A small
book, titled

  "CATALOG OF MUSIC for THE PIANOLA and PIANOLA PIANO"
   JVLY 1905
   vol. 1
   THE AEOLIAN COMMPANY
   AEOLIAN HALL, 362 FIFTH AVENUE
   NEAR 34th STREET, NEW YORK.

 The price?  $3.00.  I snapped it up real quick.  (caps as in title)

The other day I went to another fair.  I picked up a small paperback
book, titled "CHRISTIE'S OLD ORGAN", by MRS. O.F. WALTON.

The first sentence induced me to buy it:  "'Home, sweet home, there's no
place like home, there's no place like home,' played the unmusical notes
of a barrel-organ at the top of a lodging house in a dreary back
street.".

As it turns out, it is a religious book, and the barrel organ is a major
character in about the first one-third of the story.  Interesting,
nonetheless.  I picked this one up for $1.00 (again, caps as in title)

I think my $4.00 is well-spent, don't you?

Bryan Cather