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A pencil sketch of a man wearing a hat and standing, slightly leaning forward, in a fishing boat. A caption on the bottom reads: "Mother Goose Rhymes My Children Love Best of All, p. 83" referring to the illustrations on the other side of the paper.

Pen and ink illustration of a man kneeling in the back of a rowboat facing right and away. There is a bucket on the seat in front of him and an oar rests on the right side of the boat, which is named Dolphin. A satchel hangs from his neck off to his…

Pen and ink illustration of a man facing right with a rifle resting on his right shoulder the bottom of which he is holding with his right hand. He is wearing a conical hat and wears a dagger on his right hip. Underneath his right elbow and above the…

A pen and ink sketch of a village with a woman holding a parasol in the middle ground, wooden fences on the left and right, lining the road. Some trees and town buildings are in the background and a sign reading "FERRY TO NORTHAMPTON" is in the…

An illustration of a small cupid holding a bow under his arm and and a parasol. A net separates a man and a woman in the middle ground, possibly playing badminton but the upper part of the image is cut off and the illustration has pen marks crossing…

A print of two illustration, one above and slightly to the left of the other. They show a ferry crossing the Connecticut River carrying people and horse-drawn wagons. The bottom one shows Mount Holyoke in the background.

A drawing of a wooden stile with a plank leading up to it from a field. A tree is on the other side.

The design of the book cover and spine of Clifton Johnson's The Country School. Features a sunrise with rays spreading out from the background, birds flying, and a well sweep in the foreground. The whole is surrounded by a decorative frame. The title…

A drawing of an inside of the house centered around a blazing hearth with a kettle hanging in it. Two chairs, a bench, a table, and a crib are standing near the hearth with another chair and a cabinet filled with plates against the wall on the right.…

A cover design of Clifton Johnson's A New England Year featuring the title, the authors name, and an illustration of pine cones and needles surrounded by a frame. Sun behind some clouds and birds fly on top left. Handwritten note on bottom says:…

A pencil sketch of the title page of A New England Year by Clifton Johnson with the author's name, title, publisher information, and a small drawing of a pine cone.

A pencil sketch of the copyright page of A New England Year. The words: "copyright 1894 by Clifton Johnson" appear in the center.

A pencil sketch of the contents page with the word: "CONTENTS: written in the center of the page surrounded by a sketched design.

A sketch of the epigraph page featuring a quote Ralph Waldo Emerson's The Snow-Storm: "Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow, and driving o'ver the fields, seems nowhere to alight: the whited air Hides hills and woods, the river…

A sketch draft of the cover of a chapter page with stylized "January" written on the bottom right and a mock-up of a framed illustration above on the left.