Transcriber Notes
  • Obvious typos and punctuation errors corrected. Inconsistencies in spelling and    hyphenation left as in original.    
  • In the original Table of Contents, the Humorous and    Birthday Verses chapters were  listed with the correct page number, but out of order.    They have been put in the correct order.    
  • The book advertisement at the end uses a right pointing    hand character.  If the device font does not support this character, ☞, it may not appear    correctly.    
  • Use of small capitals at the beginning of verses made    consistent.    
book cover
THE
ALBUM WRITER’S
FRIEND.
COMPRISING MORE THAN
Three Hundred Choice Selections of
Poetry and Prose,
SUITABLE FOR WRITING IN AUTOGRAPH ALBUMS, VALENTINES,BIRTHDAY, CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR CARDS.
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.
Our lives are albums, written through
With good or ill, with false or true,
And as the blessed angels turn the pages of our years,
God grant that they may read the good with smiles,
And blot the ill with tears.
COMPILED BY J. S. OGILVIE.
New York:
J. S. OGILVIE AND COMPANY,
25 Rose Street.
Copyright
1881.
By J. S. Ogilvie.
PREFACE.
Who among the readers of this preface has not beeninvited to write a few words of sentiment in the Album ofa friend? As an aid to the many thousands who havereceived this invitation, and have not known what towrite, we offer this collection of choice verse and prose,as an aid to them and all others, with the hope that ourlabor shall not have been spent in vain, nor be altogetherunappreciated. Great care has been taken to procure asmany original pieces as possible. Many choice versessuitable for Birthday, Christmas and New-Year celebrations,have been added; which, with the collection ofarticles embracing sentiment, affection, humor, andmiscellany, is offered to a generous public by
The Compiler.
CONTENTS.
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Dedication Verses,5
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