"Penelope's Progress" 1898 WIGGIN, Kate Douglas
$125
Being Such Extracts From The Commonplace Book Of Penelope Hamilton As Relate To Her Experiences In Scotland
WIGGIN, Kate Douglas
[268] pp.
Houghton, Mifflin and Company
1898
7 1/8" x 5"
VG
The typography is by the notable American book designer Bruce Rogers (1870-1957)
"Edina, Scotia's darling seat! All hail thy palaces and towers!" Edinburgh, April, 189-. 22, Breadalbane Terrace. We have traveled together before, Salemina, Francesca, and I, and we know the very worst there is to know about one another. After this point has been reached, it is as if a triangular marriage had taken place, and, with the honeymoon comfortably over, we slip along in thoroughly friendly fashion. I use no warmer word than "friendly" because, in the first place, the highest tides of feeling do not visit the coast of triangular alliances; and because, in the second place, "friendly" is a word capable of putting to the blush many a more passionate and endearing one.