The Odd-Fellows Offering for 1853 New York
Place Published: New York
Publisher: Edward Walker
Date Published: 1853
Edition: 1st
Binding: Hard Cover
First edition. 5 x 8 inches. (7)[5]-298pp. New leather spine with 5 bands and gilt type on leather label, new marbled paper over boards and new endpapers. There are 10 fine steel engraved plates including a view of West Point, Wetzel, the Indian-hunter. The Presentation plate is a facsimile of a Illuminated Manuscript. Insides are very clean.
A pencil and small K stamp on the title page. There is some very light foxing on some pages, otherwise, condition is very good. A nice copy!
Every year, the Odd Fellows issued an Offering, a selection of poetry, short stories and biographical features written by members, wives and "sisters." The Offering apparently began in 1842 and this is the 11th annual volume published. With much moralistic poetry penned by such writers as Mrs. Elizabeth Eames, Rev. Bro. Nelson Brown, J.R. Thompson, J.C. Hagen, and others; short stories written by P.G. Benson J. Lossing, Mrs. M.L. Gardner, E. Louisa Mather and others; and a biographical sketch of William W. Moore, Grand Sire. J.W. Dunbar Moodie, husband of Susanna Moodie, with his poem "Song of Praise to the Creator" on page 223/224 of Canadian interest.
Contents:
Dedication by Mrs. E.J. Eames
Margaret, or the Victim of Infidelity by Mrs. E.J. Eames
A New-Year’s Greeting to my Daughter by James Nack
Old Bachelors by An Old Maid
The Bachelor Reclaimed by Henry T. Tuckerman
Biographical Sketch of William W. Moore, Grand Sire
Love and Brotherhood by Rev. Bro. Nelson Brown
The Vest-Maker by Mrs. E. Louisa Mather
Visit the Sick by Amelia S. Richards
South Ridge by Alfred B. Street
The Spirit Message-Bird by Rev. Bro. Nelson Brown
The Law of Progress by James L. Ridgely
The Immortality of the Beloved by W. Gilmore Simms, Esq.
The Prisoner of War by Mrs. M.E. Hewitt
The City Belle beside the Brook by Thomas Mackellar
West Point by F. Saunders
To Pleasures of Pain
To One Afar by Estelle Anna Lewis
The Missing Miner by W.D. Wade
A Picture by J.R. Thompson
The Happiest Day of My Life by J.C. Hagen
Truth by Mrs. E.J. Eames
Prayer by Mrs. E.J. Eames
The First Founder - Thomas Wildey by E.J.E.
Grandfather Knickerbocker by P.G. Benson J. Lossing
I am Weary by E.A.W. Hopkins
Colonal Duncan’s Funeral by H.T. Tuckerman
Facts and Fancies about Flowers by F. Saunders
Thou art Sleeping by Miss M.E. Wilson
The Look by E.J. Eames
The Grave in the Forest by A. Southron
Waking, I gather by Il Penseroso
Autumnal Quiet by Thomas Mackellar
Evening Reflections by Rev. Bro. C. Hartley
Morning-Symbol of Life by W.H. Bristol
A Day on the Hudson by Mrs. M.L. Gardiner
Lost and Won by P.G.S.D. Harris
Old Mary the Hermitess by J.C. Hagen
Memories
Washington Crossing the Delaware
Song of Praise to the Creator by J.W. Dunbar Moodie
The Youth of Nain by James Batchellor
Home by A. Southron
The Young Philosophers by E. Louisa Mather
Words of Kindness by C.D. Stuart
The Evergreen and New-Year’s Day by A.R.F.
The Rival Pets - an impromptu by Aliquis
The Old Church by E. Louisa Mather
War by P.G.T. Austin
My Study by Estelle Anna Lewis
Wetzel, the Indian Hunter
The Stranger’s Grave by Mrs. E.A.W. Hopkinds
The Home of the Angelic Sisterhood by Rev. John Dowling
The Voyage of Life by Cornelia M. Dowling
Elizabeth Zane by Estelle
Lyndhurst Hall by Emily
The Goal by C.D. Stuart
Margaretta by George P. Morris
A Visit to the Graves of my Household by N.G. Foster
The Brother’s Address to his Dead Sister by W.R. Bristol
The Ferryman
Very Good. Item #165
$150.00 USD
$198.75 CAD