How the Gates Came Ajar | Victorian Mourning Sheet MusicElizabeth Stuart Phelpss The Gates Ajar was the second most popular religious novel of the 19th century with 80,000 copies sold by 1900. This and its sequels Beyond the Gates and The Gates Between are known as her Spiritualist novels. The book is presented as a diary of a young woman, Mary, who has lost her brother, Roy, a soldier in the Civil War. Struggling with her faith as she grieves, she believes her brother appears to her. She finds comfort

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Antique German postcard depicting a young woman in black in a churchyard

Condition is good save for an arched scratch on the bottom of the shelf where the support has grazed it over the years

and independent in some way who wanted to help support each other’s pursuits

Written on and stamped

Sometimes they are called “fairy albums

otherwise it displays beautifully

and I look forward to finding more

The first one sold: This is the larger of the two specimens and features the dried flowers that came along with it

Condition is good with old tape repairs to the back cover & spine & some edgewear

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with room for just one tiny photo per page