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![[picture: Front cover, Gems by the Wayside]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Abell-GemsByTheWayside/tn/000-front-cover-q75-338x500.jpg "[picture: Front cover, Gems by the Wayside]")
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.
Title: Gems by the Way-Side: An Offering of Purity and Truth
City: New York
Date: 1878
Total items: 8
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: Ornate Victorian border or frame]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Abell-GemsByTheWayside/wm/big/085-portrait-of-jenny-lind-detail-frame-q75-152x200.jpg "[picture: Ornate Victorian border or frame]")
Ornate Victorian border or frame
This ornate border originally surrounded a portrait of the famous Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Early Victorian Border from Book Cover]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Abell-GemsByTheWayside/wm/big/000-front-cover-border-bw-q90-120x200.jpg "[picture: Early Victorian Border from Book Cover]")
Early Victorian Border from Book Cover
This Victorian decorative border is taken from the cover of the book; it features flowers and berries. Note that it is made from eight separate pieces that you could move around if you wanted: for example, to make a square border, remove the centre pieces from ether side. The design had an extra thick rectangular box around it originally, and that [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: The Last of their Race (wallpaper version)]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Abell-GemsByTheWayside/wm/big/142-the-last-of-their-race-native-wallpaper-q75-267x200.jpg "[picture: The Last of their Race (wallpaper version)]")
The Last of their Race (wallpaper version)
A Desktop background/ Wallpaper version of The Last of their Race, made by cutting off the caption at the bototm. [more...] [$]
![[picture: The Last of their Race]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Abell-GemsByTheWayside/wm/big/142-the-last-of-their-race-q75-235x200.jpg "[picture: The Last of their Race]")
![[picture: Jenny Lind]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Abell-GemsByTheWayside/wm/big/085-portrait-of-jenny-lind-detail-her-q75-155x200.jpg "[picture: Jenny Lind]")
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