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Scrapbook of flowers mentioned in Eliot’s books, made by school girl Hilda Lee

Page from a scrap book. At the top there is a photograph of George Eliot. Underneath a handwritten note with the words; Flowers and plants mentioned in a) Scenes of Clerical Life b) Silas Marner c)Mill on the Floss. Under this is a photograph of South Farm, Arbury taken by Speight. Inner page of a scrapbook. Handwritten note listing the names of children in a photograph on the back page (not shown). Underneath a handwritten note with the words: Hilda Lee age 13 yrs 11 mths Bedworth Leicester Road Council School. Page showing one black and white photograph of a group of girls. Text underneath says snapshot of senior girls with Miss Simpson taken at Shepperton Church when we were visiting places of George Eliot interest. June 1925. Photo on the left is entitled Gipsy Lane and on the right the Griff entrance to Arbury. Text underneath says Both these places would have been familiar to George Eliot during her girl hood days. Handwritten text at top of the page says Mosslands near Cheveral Manor. Underneath is a black and white photograph with trees in the foreground and a building in the background. Pressed flowers are attached underneath with the word Nasturtium handwritten extract from Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot which includes reference to Nasturtian Page containing pressed flowers with the title clover tuft handwritten. On the left hand side is a postcard of Arbury Hall - George Eliot's Cheveral Manor Handwritten extract from Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot with underlined reference to clover-tufts. Page with a black and white photograph of Shepperton Church. Around it are pressed flowers with titles Red Sorrel, Daises, Grasses and Buttercups. Handwritten extract from Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot referencing red sorrel, daises, buttercups and grasses..
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June 1925
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A scrapbook containing pressed flowers which are mentioned in George Eliot’s books, Scenes of Clerical Life, Silas Marner and The Mill on the Floss. This was produced by a thirteen year old girl, Hilda Lee in 1925, as part of a school visit. It also contains photographs of the places mentioned.

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