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Front cover, Out to Old Aunt Mary’s Out to Old Aunt Mary’s (1904)

The front cover of this small book for children is green, with a gray oval insert showing a picture of Aunt Mary herself. The lettering is in gold.

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Added: 2007-06-21

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Page 1: In those old days Out to Old Aunt Mary’s (1904)

“In those old days of the lost sunshine  Of youth” (p. 1)The picture is taken from a pencil or charcoal sketch of an orchard of three trees, and, judging by the full leaves and the sharp shadows, roug [...]

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Added: 2006-01-16

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Page 2: Wasn’t it pleasant, O brother mine Out to Old Aunt Mary’s (1904)

“Wasn’t it pleasant, O brother mine,In those old days of the lost sunshine    Of youth—when the Saturday’s chores were through,    And the “Sunday’s wood” in the kitchen, too,    And we went visiting, [...]

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Added: 2006-01-16

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Page 3. The Sunday Wood Out to Old Aunt Mary’s (1904)

The picture shows two boys carring small logs suitable for use in the woodstove in the background; the nearer boy is barefoot and the farther one (whose feet are not in the picture) wears a yellow hat [...]

Keywords: colour, people, bare feet, people, children, interiors, page images, illustrations for children

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Added: 2006-01-16

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Page 5. The scent of the cherry-blossoms Out to Old Aunt Mary’s (1904)

“The scent of the cherry-blossoms blownAfter us, in the roadway lone” (p. 5)[page 4 is blank]The pencil sketch reproduced here shows a stream or river running past some trees, with some blossom in the [...]

Keywords: sketches, trees, water, illustrations for children, colour

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Added: 2006-01-16

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