Book

Bible belonging to Herbert Hellowell (1869 - 1885)

This bible belonged to Herbert Hellowell, an English boy who drowned in Hastings Pond on July 4, 1885, while trying to rescue a companion, Herbert Taylor. According to the boy's mother, the bible was his favorite possession, as she had given it to him before he left for America. On his headstone in Warwick's cemetery we read "He who had lost his life for my sake shall find it."

Year (or year range)
1882
Approximate era
1851-1900
Donated by
Mrs. Hastings

Book - The Common School Grammar

Book - John Goldsbury. The Common School Grammar: A Concise and Comprehensive Manual of English Grammar: containing, in addition to the first principles and rules briefly stated and explained, a systematic order of parsing, a number of examples for drilling exercises and a few false syntax: particularly adapted to the use of common schools and academies. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1849.
One of 8 books found in the Boston Public Library.

Year (or year range)
1849
Approximate era
don't know