James Southall Wilson Guest Book

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James Southall Wilson Guest Book

1922-1937

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This guest book was kept by Julia (Tyler) and James Southall Wilson and includes signatures and quotations of famous authors and others. Among the most well-known writers and poets are Carl Sandburg (1878- 1967), Mary Sinton Leitch (1876-1954), Irish poet "AE," George William Russell (1867-1935), Robert Frost (1874-1963), and DuBose Heyward (1885-1940). Included are quotes from: Carl Sandburg--'The peace of great phantoms be for you.' (March 1927); Robert Frost--"I'm going out to clean the pasture spring/I'll only stop to take the leaves away/And wait to watch the water clear I may/I shant be gone long. You come too." (April 25, 1929); Mary Sinton Leitch--poem entitled "On a Night of the New Moon" (May 1929); and DuBose Heyward--"A date that we will never forget" (October 24, 1931)...

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Russell, George William, 1867-1935

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George William Russell was born on April 10, 1867 in Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland to Thomas and Marianne (Armstrong) Russell. The family moved to Dublin in 1878, and Russell attended Dr. Power’s School in Harrington Street and night classes at the Metropolitan School of Art, before entering Rathmines School, which he left in 1884. He would later recall experiencing visions and trances during his youth, experiences which would cement his life-long interest in the supernatural. Those visions als...