How Adolphus Slim-Jim Used Jackson's Best and Was Happy, A Lengthy Tale, in 7 Acts

A single, sprawling 1880 comic pamphlet from C.A. Jackson & Co., this is the sole work of the Donaldson Brothers, who wrote and illustrated the entire "7 Acts" of Adolphus Slim-Jim's tale. A curious artifact of 19th-century American humor, its premise—using "Jackson's Best" to achieve happiness—is a period-specific curiosity. It matters as a preserved example of the kind of broad, vernacular storytelling that early comic pamphlets could deliver.