Quaint Sayings
Mary Anne Herbert, Mrs William Clive Hussey (1864-1942)
Category
Books
Date
circa 1907
Materials
Paper and ink
Measurements
275 x 213 mm
Place of origin
Stationers' Hall Court
Order this imageCollection
Scotney Castle, Kent
NT 793445.27
Summary
Page from baby record book with spaces for details of the baby's 'Quaint Sayings'. Phrases spoken by Christopher Hussey as a young child and handwritten on the dotted lines below the title, 'Hum Hum (Stairs?) Mimimamma Elephant.'; 'When C. saw a soldier walking with his young lady he always said he was walking with his "Mamma" 1901 or 2'; 'After reading Lord Clives life "Mother I have been thinking the way to become a great man is to be an idle schoolboy"...Aug. 1907'. There are also notes on some of Barbara Hussey's first words, 'Barbara "Dowkdi hole" "Egta soldier". "Silly-Pritty".'. Page 45.
Provenance
Part of the Hussey collection. The contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 2006 by Mrs. Elizabeth Hussey.
Marks and inscriptions
At top of page, on dotted lines: Hum Hum (Stairs?) Mimimamma Elephant. When C. saw a soldier walking with his young lady he always said he was walking with his "Mamma" 1901 or 2 After reading Lord Clives life "Mother I have been thinking the way to become a great man is to be an idle schoolboy"...Aug. 1907 Barbara "Dowkdi hole" "Egta soldier". "Silly-Pritty".
Makers and roles
Mary Anne Herbert, Mrs William Clive Hussey (1864-1942), writer Simpkin, Marshall and Co, Limited, engraver and publisher