[Commonplace book], [1805 or later].

1 v. (161 p.) ; 21 x 17 cm.

English

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Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of 71 primarily sentimental entries, consisting of poems on such subjects as sorrow, love, and exile, and copies of letters and verses relating to Major John André and Anna Seward. In addition to poems by Byron, Thomas Moore, William Cowper, Luis Camoens, Robert Burns, Walter Scott, Oliver Goldsmith, and Mary Robinson, and others, the collection also includes a poem titled The birch, "by the late Revd. T. Wilson, many years Head Master of the Free Grammar School at Clitherol Lancashire." Finally, the collection also includes a prose piece eulogizing the actor John Henderson by "Dr. Currie."

August 08, 2005

Commonplace Book, 1805 or Later. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Commonplace Book, 1805 or Later. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Commonplace books.