Religious Books for Children

Thine: Scripture Texts and Poems for a month, no date

Handwritten on front flap, “Mrs. S. M. Wylie, March 14, 1893”

Daily Food for Christians, no date

Insert reads “My dear little Reba with love from Aunt [unknown] Black”

Nearer to Thee: A Text Book for a Month, no date

Pocket Book of the New Testament

Handwritten on front flap, “Reba Wylie”

Middle-class women of the nineteenth-century were advised to oversee the Christian, moral education of their children. All of these small books are believed to have belonged to Reba Wylie (Seabrook’s daughter) during her childhood. Possibly, Seabrook gifted Thine: Scripture Texts and Poems for a month to her daughter, or, perhaps, this book was given to Reba following the death of her mother.

For more information contact the Wylie House Museum and for more information about the collections at the museum visit Wylie House Museum: Collections Overview.