The book may have been called Waifs and Strays of Natural History but I hope you’ll be glad I found this letter image to share with you. It appears to be one of those wonderful print foundry stock images and it dates back to at least 1871.
Black and white vintage drop cap letter S. Anyone looking for fancy letter images and who needs an S might have come to the right place.
This image is copyright free and in the public domain anywhere that extends copyrights 70 years after death or at least 120 years after publication when the original illustrator is unknown.