The tongue of time, and star of the states : a system of human nature, with the phenomena of the heavens and earth ... also an account of persons with two souls, and of five persons who took colors by the touch
A popular American compendium of natural philosophy, astronomy, geography and occult curiosities, written by Joseph Comstock and published in New York in 1838 for general readers. The wood engravings are small horizontal scenes with dense ruled skies and heavy black shading: shipwreck survivors meeting islanders, robed mourners in a funeral procession, a fire-lit interior rite, and a bird's-eye walled fortress.
