Beadle's Dime Book of Dreams

This is a Dime Series hand-book from Beadle and Adams publishers (1860), specifically titled Book of Dreams: Romance and Mystery. The volume compiles dream interpretation material organized alphabetically. The introduction surveys historical attitudes toward dreams, citing biblical examples, classical authorities (Greeks, Romans), and literary references (Byron, Chaucer, Bulwer). The main content comprises an alphabetical "Romance of Dreams" dictionary with entries like Albatross, Angels, Anchor, Apparitions, and Battle, each prefaced by interpretive maxims from sources like Artemidorus and "The Sybil," followed by supporting narratives—some literary (quoted from Coleridge, Shakespeare), others anecdotal accounts of supposedly prophetic dreams (a brother's death at Bunker Hill, a murdered friend discovered in a dung cart). Additional sections include "The Phenomena of Dreams" discussing physicians' rational views and "Mrs. Catharine Crowe's Testimony" favoring supernatural dream interpretation. The dictionary entries provide symbolic meanings for dream content and their purported consequences.