Wicker Erika (szerk.): Cumania 28. - A Kecskeméti Katona József Múzeum évkönyve (Kecskemét, 2018)
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Cumania 28. connected to Mary are envisioned. Next, the historical past of the Virgin Mary congregation is recalled. The feast of the local church became a pilgrimage destination because of the miracles associated with the statue of Virgin Mary. At last, the essay illustrates the rich material of the local popular beliefs about Mary. József Holczer pp. 163-184 COLLECTION OF POPULAR ANECDOTES FROM KECSKEMÉT József Holczer, the Piarist Friar, was born to a Kecskemét family, where good-humoured storytelling, anecdotes were part of everyday life. Not only old family stories were part of this tradition, but the life of the family evidently offered various linguistic forms of joy and cheer - which spiced their everyday communication. The popular anecdotes presented in the essay are mostly connected to the Piarist Order, the Piarist school, his service at the Kadafalva church, and his family. The pleasant, joyful and sometimes "frightening" moments of school life are often referred to. The collection of József Holczer is a respected addition to the famous and globetrotter work of Kálmán Szabó, entitled the 'Anecdotes from the famous town Kecskemét'. LOCAL HISTORY Borbála Fábián pp. 185-198 NEW YEAR GREETING CARDS FROM 19™ CENTURY KECSKEMÉT (FROM THE PRESS OF KÁROLY SZILÁDY, PRINTED BETWEEN 1841 AND 1896) Rural New Year greeting cards from the countryside, on which there is a picture and a rhyme, or a verse without illustration. Most of the items belonged to chimney sweepers, or postmen. The Katona József Municipal Library has an important and peculiar collection, from the press of Károly Szilády, including greeting cards from various craftsmen, but excluding chimney sweepers. The collection had been partly digitalized, but its systematic investigation has not been done. The material of the Library can be put together with the data from the Municipal Archives on the functioning of the press, such as the account books, which contain further information on the origin of the small prints. The paper focuses on forgotten elements of New Year greeting traditions from Kecskemét through the small prints. Bálint Krisztián Kis pp. 199-216 PRESSES, PUBLISHERS AND BOOKSELLERS IN BÁCS-BODROG COUNTY (1867-1918) The paper gives an overview on the book publishing history of the historical Bács-Bodrog County in the period of the Dual Monarchy. The essay focuses on the development of typography, publishing and book-trade between 1867-1918. In the territory of the County, around 25 presses and 156 publishers were identified, besides, aside from the publications from Subotica/ Szabadka all in all 650 publications were listed, among them 458 Hungarian, 177 Serbian, a dozen German and three Latin books. The investigation concludes that 51 bookstores were located in 16 settlements in the territory of the County. Yet, it is noticeable that many press houses run book selling enterprises. Eventually, this period can be considered as the golden age of book 362
