The bibliomaniac's prayer

In verse. French fold; p. [4] blank; ill. in green and red on p. [1]; reproduced from holograph on beige paper, with illuminated initials. On p. [1]: Season's greetings / Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Chicago, Illinois, 1945. At end of text: Eugene Field. From the original manuscript in the Barrett Collection. Cf. the edition published by Cornelia and Waller Barrett in Charlottesville, Va. in 1959. Accompanined by explanatory text, probably by Ralph Geoffrey Newman, proprietor of the bookshop. First line: Keep me, I pray, in wisdom's way.