Commonplace book, 1849.

1 v. (63 leaves) ; 23 x 20 cm.

English

Several pages written from back of volume in reverse and in a different hand.

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Autograph manuscript collection of extracts in verse and prose by various authors, including: elegies and epitaphs; odes on flowers and nature; other poems of nostalgic, mournful, or tragic content; some excerpts attributed to Byron, Burns, and Shakespeare; a few verse riddles; a few verse excerpts in French; a dialogue about Puseyism; a lecture on etiquette for girls; anecdotes on geology, insects, animals, flood myths, and evidence of Creationism.

August 08, 2005

Elizabeth Mary Cranmer, Commonplace Book. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Elizabeth Mary Cranmer, Commonplace Book. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Commonplace books.