| Description | Commonplace book. Full page pen motif with the initials MAB on the first page. Inscribed by a later owner, William Scott 1915, on the front free endpaper. The original entries date from the 1830s and 1940s and contain poetry in various hands, often with a sentimental theme; pencil drawings and small watercolours. Some later entries dated 1918 have been added throughout the book and there is one entry dated 1936. |