chapbook

/chap-book/US // ˈtʃæpˌbʊk //UK // (ˈtʃæpˌbʊk) //

小册子,短篇小说集,小冊子,短篇小说

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : a small book or pamphlet of popular tales, ballads, etc., formerly hawked about by chapmen.
- : a small book or pamphlet, often of poetry.

Chiefly from a Chapbook Life, written apparently shortly after his death.
I have come across Mother Ross in our own chapbook literature, where the name may be traditional also.
The story of Whittington is still a favourite chapbook tale, and has its parallel in the fairy tales of various other countries.
It is evidently a reprint of a chapbook of the time of Charles II., as appears from many allusions.
A cave man is fun to be engaged to and keep a record about in your chapbook––but when you marry him it is a different matter.