The Little Colonel's Good Times Book / Diary from WWI Era
- Hardcover
- Boston: L.C Page & Company, 1909
Boston: L.C Page & Company, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First impression of this charming spinoff from Johnston's enormously popular series of the Little Colonel books. Annie Fellows Johnston (1863 - 1931 )was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular The Little Colonel series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel; many of the books were illustrated by photographer Kate Matthews. The Little Colonel series was her 13-book collection beginning with The Little Colonel (1895). It was made into a movie starring Shirley Temple in 1935 featuring Lionel Barrymore and "Bojangles" Robinson.[6] An assessment of her achievements in connection with her induction into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame says, "Her work is now considered anachronistic, depicting Reconstruction Era South still transitioning from the Civil War, and must be taken in the context of the times. [Wikipedia]
This good times book offers a diary format for young girls and women to keep their diary and to note birthdays of friends and relatives. The owner of this diary writes her name on the title page of the record as what appears to be Agnes B. Caton. There was an Agnes B. Caton who was born in 1898 and died in Rockville in 1982 so one might suppose she was the keeper for this diary that records the owner's entries from 1910-1920 written in ink and occasionally pencil There is also an ownership signature on the free front endpaper with a Baltimore address. It appears that the owner was a teen age girl when this begins. It is mainly a record of social engagements, seeing friends, and a great deal about boys! She also writes of going to school, church, and downtown shopping expeditions. She records her activities in great detail for the first few years but entries are more sporadic in later years. In fact, the last entry, dated April 5,1920 was written two years after the previous one, and talks of her engagement to Jack Fulton and how he wants to wait until his business is established before they marry. The diary ends here. A few of the earlier entries written while WWI was taking place mention that various male friends were in the military, often overseas.
Bound in yellow cloth covers with red titling and a color illustration, of a young woman writing in her diary. Red titling and a smaller illustration to spine. Covers are lightly soiled and rubbed. Decorated endpapers of young women have a few colored in. There is also a cute drawing in color of a little boy on the blank side of a frontis portrait of Johnston. Interior pages are generally clean. There are cracks to the hinges but text block is firm. Very good condition. Small octavo. Unpaginated. [about 150 pages].
This good times book offers a diary format for young girls and women to keep their diary and to note birthdays of friends and relatives. The owner of this diary writes her name on the title page of the record as what appears to be Agnes B. Caton. There was an Agnes B. Caton who was born in 1898 and died in Rockville in 1982 so one might suppose she was the keeper for this diary that records the owner's entries from 1910-1920 written in ink and occasionally pencil There is also an ownership signature on the free front endpaper with a Baltimore address. It appears that the owner was a teen age girl when this begins. It is mainly a record of social engagements, seeing friends, and a great deal about boys! She also writes of going to school, church, and downtown shopping expeditions. She records her activities in great detail for the first few years but entries are more sporadic in later years. In fact, the last entry, dated April 5,1920 was written two years after the previous one, and talks of her engagement to Jack Fulton and how he wants to wait until his business is established before they marry. The diary ends here. A few of the earlier entries written while WWI was taking place mention that various male friends were in the military, often overseas.
Bound in yellow cloth covers with red titling and a color illustration, of a young woman writing in her diary. Red titling and a smaller illustration to spine. Covers are lightly soiled and rubbed. Decorated endpapers of young women have a few colored in. There is also a cute drawing in color of a little boy on the blank side of a frontis portrait of Johnston. Interior pages are generally clean. There are cracks to the hinges but text block is firm. Very good condition. Small octavo. Unpaginated. [about 150 pages].