Gems by the Way-Side: An Offering of Purity and Truth
Pictures and short extracts from Gems by the Way-side: An Offering of Purity and Truth by Mrs. L. G. Abell, author of “The Skillful Housewife,” and “Ladies’ Parlor Annual.”, New York, William Holdredge, 1850.
This little book has a mixture of goth poetry, moral tales and propagnda, short stories and the like.
|
|
|
|
Early Victorian Border from Book Cover
This Victorian decorative border is taken from the cover of the book; it features flowers and berries. Note that it is made from eight separate pieces that you could move around if you wanted: for example, to make a square border, remove the centre pieces from ether side. The design had an extra thick rectangular box around it originally, and that [...] [more...] |
|
|
|
The Last of their Race
A family of First Nations (Native) people at the shore, including two men, two women and an infant. The picture is fanciful: headdresses and other regalia weer not generally worn lightly, and were [...] [more...] |
|
|
|
|
It is the home comforts and fireside virtues
A lady—we may assume the mother—sits on a couch, or chaise-longue, with a girl on her lap and another against her shoulder; a boy sits next to her with a picture-book. In the background, two men [...] [more...] |
|
|
$Id: mkgallery,v 1.27 2012/09/03 22:34:40 liam Exp liam $
![[picture: Front cover, Gems by the Wayside]](http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Abell-GemsByTheWayside/tn/000-front-cover-q75-338x500.jpg "[picture: Front cover, Gems by the Wayside]")
![[picture: Early Victorian Border from Book Cover]](http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Abell-GemsByTheWayside/tn/000-front-cover-border-bw-q90-300x500.jpg "[picture: Early Victorian Border from Book Cover]")
![[picture: The Last of their Race]](http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Abell-GemsByTheWayside/tn/142-the-last-of-their-race-q75-500x425.jpg "[picture: The Last of their Race]")
![[picture: The Last of their Race (wallpaper version)]](http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Abell-GemsByTheWayside/tn/142-the-last-of-their-race-native-wallpaper-q75-500x375.jpg "[picture: The Last of their Race (wallpaper version)]")
![[picture: It is the home comforts and fireside virtues]](http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Abell-GemsByTheWayside/tn/273-home-comforts-q85-500x418.jpg "[picture: It is the home comforts and fireside virtues]")