| Description Of Item | Pamphlet regarding ‘The Hairy-faced people of Kostroma’, taken from the Liverpool Mercury of 14 April 1874. The pamphlet covers ‘Their discovery’; The Russian villagers’ account of them; traits of intelligence in the Kostromas; physiological peculiarities; the Kostroma boy; their interview with the Emperor of Russia and their appearance in Liverpool.
From the collection of Thomas Laycock. |