Rayetta's Butterflies - male dun skippers (Euphryes vestis) maybe

These butterflies are little and semi-tame, that's 3-2 on the Rayetta scales. They may be misidentified, Crumby cautions.

Hmmm. We shall see how this works out. I am trying to collaborate with Crumby. Not easy that.

Crumby has begun assembling a butterfly library. The first tome has arrived. It is The Butterfly Book, W.J. Holland, 1931. Let's see. This tome set us back, $12.95. It's a bit faded and musty smelling, but the plates are all present. Hmmm. Holland. We already have a moth book by a Holland. Let me read this tome, hastily.

Yep. Just as I surmised, it is the same Holland. For this tome is chock full of the whimsical. There is even a Digression and Quotations section in the TOC. No wonder Crumby got this one first.