Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry
Wit Bought is an 1844 American children's story by Samuel G. Goodrich, published in New York by Wiley & Putnam, and written for young readers. Its small wood-engraved pictures show a man leaning on a rustic fence, a walker in a cloak and top hat beside sheep and a church spire, two children reaching toward a cloaked woman with a staff, and a rocky shore at dusk. A designer could draw on their spare, hatched line work, soft landscape backdrops and quiet rural scenes.
