CHAP-BOOKS
\t͡ʃˈapbˈʊks], \tʃˈapbˈʊks], \tʃ_ˈa_p_b_ˈʊ_k_s]\
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Various old and now scarce tracts, miscellaneous, of inferior manufacture, sold by chapmen; at one time the only popular literature; treating of religion, historical personages, weather, dreams, ghost stories, etc.; dating from early part of the seventeenth century, and succeeded by the still inferior Penny C. B., which included stories of humour and roguery. See Cheap-jack.
By Henry Percy Smith
