This lovely old book was published in 1851 by Charles Scribner, New York. The book appears to be a “First Edition” copy. The book measures 5 ½ inches by 7 ¾ inches and contains 286 pages. The brown cloth cover has an embossed and textured finish. There is a lovely gilt pictorial on the front and the title in gilt on the spine. The cover shows signs of fading. The cover shows signs of wear to the edges, corners (worn to the boards) and to the top and bottom of the spine. The spine is tight and the hinges are strong. The front free end page is missing. The pages at the front and back show signs of light to moderate foxing. The remaining pages show occasional light foxing. The pages show no signs of rips. Exceptions noted, the overall condition of this old book is good plus.

Contents:

Introductory

1. With my Aunt Tabithy
2. With my Reader

Dreams of Boyhood
Spring

1. Rain in the Garrett
2. School Dreams
3. Boy Sentiment
4. A Friend Made and Friend Lost
5. Boy Religion
6. A New England Squire
7. The Country Church
8. A Home Scene

Dreams of Youth
Summer

1. Cloister Life
2. First Ambition
3. College Romance
4. First Look at the World
5. A Broken Home
6. Family Confidence
7. A Good Wife
8. A Broken Hope

Dreams of Manhood
Autumn

1. Pride of Manliness
2. Man of the World
3. Manly Hope
4. Manly Love
5. Cheer and Children
6. Dream of Darkness
7. Peace

Dreams of Age
Winter

1. What is Gone
2. What is Left
3. Grief and Joy of Age
4. The End of Dreams

Excerpt – College Romance:
In following the mental vagarities of youth, I must not forget the curvetings and wiltings of the heart.

The black-eyed Jenny, with whom a correspondence at read heat, was kept up for several weeks, is long before this, entirely out of your regard; - not so much by reason of the six months disparity of age, as from the fact, communicated quite confidentially by the traveled Nat, that she has had desperate flirtation with a handsome midshipman. The conclusion is natural, that she is an inconstant, cruel-hearted creature, with little appreciation of real worth; and furthermore, that all midshipmen are a very contemptible, not to say, - dangerous set of men. She is consigned to forgetfulness and neglect; and the late lover has long ago consoled himself, by reading in a spirited way, that passage of Childe Harold, commencing –

I have not loved the world, nor the world me…
End excerpt

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