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Title: Nestlings
A Collection of Poems

Author: Ella Fraser Weller

Release Date: January 15, 2008 [EBook #24298]

Language: English

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[Illustration]

NESTLINGS

A COLLECTION OF POEMS

BY

ELLA FRASER WELLER

ILLUSTRATED BY

K. A. FRASER

FROM PICTURES OF CHILDREN IN THE AUTHOR'S
IMMEDIATE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS

SAN FRANCISCO
CALIFORNIAN PUBLISHING CO.
1892

Copyright, 1892, by ELLA FRASER WELLER

* * * * *

LOVINGLY DEDICATED

TO THE CHILDREN WHOSE FACES

ARE

PICTURED WITHIN

* * * * *

INTRODUCTORY

These selections have come of occasions. They were not meant for the
public eye. The thought of a possible book had given them greater unity,
and the vision of a possible critic had probably modified their form.
The mother-love for children called for them and they came; there is a
conspiracy of mother-loves and the fugitive poems became a book.

The accompanying illustrations are shadows of real faces and may be
readily duplicated in any limited circle.

"Nestlings" may serve as an album for some innocent faces, and
perpetuate some possibly helpful sentiment.

S. H. WELLER

_Los Angeles, California_

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CORNELIA Front Cover

1 ARTHUR }

2 EDITH }

3 HAROLD M. }

4 LESTER } Frontispiece

5 ALFRED }

6 KENNETH }

7 ELLIOTT }

Between Pages

1 AUTHOR AND CHILD 1

2 AUDREY 5 and 6

3 CARL