Nellie M PRESTON / Journal Young Girl's Personal Journal of Poetry 1862

  

(Journal): A Young Girl's Personal Journal of Poetry and Illustrations from the Mid-19th Century. Title: (Journal): A Young Girl's Personal Journal of Poetry and Illustrations from the Mid-19th Century Publication: La Salle, Illinois: 1862. Young girl's journal with original poems and illustrations. Measuring 4.5" x 3". Light wear on the spine and corners with a few pages cut out of the journal, very good.

A young girl's journal with original poems, daily activities, and two illustrations from 1862. Preston lived in La Salle, Illinois attending music classes and shopping. She also writes down the names of other people in her music class as well as the instrument they play, although she does not write her own. She has two illustrations one of which is a colored drawings of a doll, captioned "Maggie Maid of Hawthorne Dolls". The other is a sketch of a house at night with a boat floating down the Mississippi. Lastly there are a couple poems written by Preston, I dream of all things beautiful... Of dewdrops when they silently, at evenings twilight close, stoop down and kiss the beautiful fan, of a next unfolding rose. A short and charming journal of original poetry and artwork by a young girl in the mid-19th century.

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• Author: PRESTON, Nellie M
• Publisher: Unknown
• Year Printed: 1862
• Binding: Leather
• Subject: Art & Photography