[Commonplace book], 1848 and later.

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[Commonplace book], 1848 and later.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702176974

Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of about 100 poems by various authors, including family and friends, primarily on such sentimental subjects as children, love, autumn, and death. The volume includes several poems by Elliot's relation, Lady Mary Minto, including one addressed to her son Henry. Other poems by and for friends include Lines on the battle of Trafalgar by the late Duke of Devonshire, annotated with the comment, "Given to me by the Duke of Bedford Woburn Jany 17th 1852"; and a poem titled Mary to her child Aug 10th 1847 by Fanny Russell, the name of Russell's second wife. Other authors include Alfred Tennyson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Eliza Cook, Charles Dickens, William Wordsworth, and Felicia Hemans. The volume also contains a poem titled Lines to the young gentlemen leaving the Academy at Ilnose [?] Massachusetts, by "Mrs. Butler."

1 v. (116 p.) ; 22 x 14 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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