An Olio of Domestic Verse. An Olio of Domestic Verse.

New York: Lewis Colby, 1952 First edition. In the preface, the author explains that the present work collects poems she wrote between the ages of twelve and thirty-five. The poems are mostly about nature, family, and spiritual topics, but some of the later pieces remark on the author's life as a missionary in Myanmar. . Publisher's blindstamped red cloth, somewhat rubbed at extremities, with some soiling to corner of upper board. Spine titled in gilt. Octavo. Lacking front flyleaf. Some toning and foxing to first and last few leaves, but otherwise quite clean throughout. Small twentieth century bookseller's ticket, partially removed, to rear pastedown. A good, tight copy of a scarce book. Emily Judson, née Chubbuck (1817 – 1854) was a writer, educator, and missionary. She taught at the Utica Female Seminary, which opened in Utica, New York in 1837, and wrote her juvenile novel Charles Linn (1841) while employed there. Under the pseudonym Fanny Forester, she also wrote articles for publication in the New York Mirror, The Columbian, and Graham's Magazine, among others. Judson also maintained a friendship with Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806 – 1867), who once wrote that she was a "woman of genius" (Warren, p. 329). (Inventory #: 17789)