1897 Antique Scrapbook Poems for Children ; Christmas George Washington etc.

Description: Original antique scrapbook of poetry for children : " Primary Poems '95 " Late Victorian era. Collected starting in 1895, and with the year 1897 added on the first page. " Arbor Day , Apr. 25., Sat. 1896 " is handwritten in old ink on a page toward the center of the scrapbook. 6 3/4" x 8 1/4" Over 60 pages. Over 125 years old. Numerous clipped poems collected from periodicals of the late 1800s. The clipping attached to the front cover suggests that this was probably created by a school teacher , or possibly by a young mother for her own children. The poems are arranged with a holiday or seasonal theme, starting with Memorial Day , May 1895. There are a few other clippings which are not poems, as well. Illustration attached to the inside cover : " Tea - Leaf and Blossom ; picking , firing , shipping " Very Good Condition. ------ The Poems include : Our Flag Month of May The Children's Offering ( at the soldiers grave ) A Daisy's Mission ( on a soldier's lonely grave ) Memorial Flowers Bring Flowers Decoration Day The Blue and the Gray ( Civil War soldiers ) May Morning The Arbutus Making Butter The Milkweed Case Little Peach Blossom The Fish Family The Fireflies Three Children Whom I Knew A Riddle Lost, the Summer Make-Believe Land (" sweet little fairies with silver wings , wearing satin slippers and diamond rings ...") How the Leaves Came Down Life is a Ladder Our Soft-ball Talks Chestnuts A Boy's Resolution A Poem for the blackboard Politeness The Little Wind ( illustrated ) October , crowned Queen of the Year Good-bye to the Flowers The Schoolboy in October The Flowers Lullaby America A Merry Christmas children all The Frost Tree Sing a song of Christmas A Letter to Santa Claus The Christmas Tree Saint Nicholas , glad Christmas Day Santa Claus Town Christmas Arbor Day march The Beautiful Faces Miss Willow The First Crocus The Sap has begun to Flow Weather Signals Waiting to Grow Young March Wind In 1732 ( George Washington ) We Sing Today of Washington Recitation for a small boy ; I'll be like Washington Red , White and Blue ; the Flag of Washington What was the Secret ? ( George Washington ) Tribute to Washington 1732 - 1799 In September Frost Work A Telephone Message ( a Christmas poem ) By Zuider Zee (" Where are you going, Santa ? ") The Snow Fairies Christmas Star Birdies Breakfast The Waifs ( on Christmas day ) What the Mother Goose Children want for Christmas The Bee The Night Before Christmas The Squirrel's Trees The Trees : Pine , Willow , Oak , Elm , etc. Trailing Arbutus (" The fairies from the sunset sky, took dainty pieces..") Good Books ( this clipping isn't a poem, it's a list of " Good Books for children of ten and under ") June ( several poems with this title ) The Dog and his Shadow ( this is a story from Aesop's Fables ) Gypsy Fairies The Dandelion Vacation Days If Christopher Should Come The Butterfly's Toilet ( this is the other meaning of this word - the process of washing oneself, dressing, and attending to one's appearance ) Our Flag ( hand-dated, May 11, 1896 ) To Santa Claus (" Dear Santa , come, we've been waiting for you, waiting and watching the whole year through ;" etc. ) Kindergarten Songs His Sister's Birth (" in which the poet describes the conditions under which a sister was born while he was a boy among the Indians in Indiana ") Good Morrow , little rose bush The Spring Walk The Flower Queen Little Boy Blue (" The little toy dog is covered with dust ...") Rainy Day Song Dawn The Empty Nest (" We found it under an apple tree ..") Milkweed Babies The Lilac The Leaves' Farewell Party Kindergarten Christmas Carol Somebody's Coming (" Kris Kringle is coming to town ! ") ..... Plus More. ------- Over 125 years old. Carefully packed for shipment to the buyer.

Price: 65 USD

Location: Coventry, Rhode Island

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Shipping Cost: 6.13 USD