Scope and Contents: Mountmellick School was a provincial secondary school operated by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Mountmellick, Ireland, from 1786-1920. This exercise book (114 pages), used to instruct the school's students, contains English poetry on topics such as friendship, marriage, and religion. Notable poems include "The Hermit of Warkworth: A Northumberland Ballad" by Thomas Percy (with explanatory information and footnotes) and "An Elegy on the Death of William Penn." The final poem is an acrostic that spells "Mountmelick School."
The owner of this exercise book is unknown. Although John Brown wrote his name in the back of the volume, his hand differs from the bulk of the text.
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