The Mischief Book

A single-issue comic from 1880, The Mischief Book was published by R. Worthington and adapts the work of German artist Wilhelm Busch, whose illustrations define the book. The text was provided by translator and folklorist Abby Langdon Alger, making this a curious early American import of European comic storytelling. It stands as a minor but notable artifact of the late-19th-century American comics landscape, bridging the gap between illustrated books and the comic strips that would soon follow.