Edmund Lester Pearson

The Secret Book Edmund Lester Pearson

To JOHN COTTON DANA, ESQ. Sir: To yoU ja lover of books, not only for their contents, btd for their dress and appearance, I would like to bring one written, printed, and even bound by my own hands. I had best stick, however to the only one of those arts which I know. Here is the book, then, I will not say such as it is, nor an iU-favoured thing, but mine oivn, nor use any of those phrases of mock-modesty. It gave me pleasure to write, and, I hope, will give you pleasure to read. Moreover, it is to remind you not only of gratitude felt for a word of encouragement spoken at the right moment, but also of those lucky days when I chanced upon The Old Librsms A l:manack: that secret book of Jared Bean; hiciyou. and your Brothers so ingeniously set forth :in type. , H ow some, of severe and acid turn of fnind, precxhed unto us upon the state of our moralsl A fii iaw,fnany others, of generous temper, rejoiced and maie merry with usi Will you ever forget? I am. Sir, Your Good Friend, andO bliged, Humble Servant Edmund Lester Pearson Newburyport February ii, 1914.
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