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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...] [$]
![[picture: Front cover, Gems by the Wayside]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Abell-GemsByTheWayside/wm/big/000-front-cover-q75-135x200.jpg "[picture: Front cover, Gems by the Wayside]")
Front cover, Gems by the Wayside
Buckram or cloth with stamped pattern, with a gold inlay. I have made a separate image for the Victorian border formed by the stamped gold. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Jenny Lind]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Abell-GemsByTheWayside/wm/big/085-portrait-of-jenny-lind-detail-her-q75-155x200.jpg "[picture: Jenny Lind]")
![[picture: Jenny Lind - The Swedish Nightingale]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Abell-GemsByTheWayside/wm/big/085-portrait-of-jenny-lind-q50-151x200.jpg "[picture: Jenny Lind - The Swedish Nightingale]")
Jenny Lind - The Swedish Nightingale
Jenny Lind – Johanna Maria Lind (1820 – 1887) was a Swedish opera singer; she was called the Swedish Nightingale because of her beautiful voice. She sang in many cities in Europe, became a friend to royalty, and even went to America. She donated the proceeds of her American concerts to founding free schools in Sweden. From 1855 she lived in England, [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: The Last of their Race (wallpaper version)]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Abell-GemsByTheWayside/wm/big/142-the-last-of-their-race-native-wallpaper-q75-267x200.jpg "[picture: The Last of their Race (wallpaper version)]")
The Last of their Race (wallpaper version)
A Desktop background/ Wallpaper version of The Last of their Race, made by cutting off the caption at the bototm. [more...] [$]
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