Anne Parrish (Photograph Date Unknown)
Reappearing Book
Anne Parrish was an American novelist and children’s story writer. In 1915, she married the wealthy industrialist Charles Albert Corliss (1868 - 1936). In the Summer of 1929, while traveling, the couple visited La Ville Lumière (City of Light), Paris, France. There, they strolled along the scenic Seine River, sightseeing and browsing through the bouquinistes stalls.
‘Bouquinistes’ is a French word meaning ‘booksellers.’ The booksellers sold second-hand and antique books in small green stalls on the banks of the Seine River, from 1859 to later times. In earlier times, beginning in the sixteenth-century, the bouquinistes had peddled their books from carts along the Seine River.
Anne delighted in browsing through the stalls of old books, being an avid reader and a successful author herself. Somewhere among the 900 stalls between Notre Dame Cathedral and the Louvre, Anne found a well-worn and well-read copy of the book, “Jack Frost and Other Stories” (1890) by Helen J. Wood. The book had been a childhood favorite of hers, so she purchased it for a franc and showed it to her husband, telling him how she had enjoyed it. Possibly doubtful of the book’s literary value, her husband opened the book, and on the flyleaf, or front page, scrawled by the hand of a child, were the words, ‘Anne Parrish, 209 N. Weber St., Colorado Springs.
In a chance occurrence, a beloved childhood storybook, once belonging to a girl named Anne Parrish, traveled all the way from America to France by unknown means, to be found and reclaimed by its original owner when she had become a grown woman.
Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont
Anne Parrish was born on 12 November 1888 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America. She became a novelist and a writer of children’s books. Her published works include the book “Knee-High to a Grasshopper” (1923), which was illustrated by her brother Dillwyn Parrish (George Dillwyn ‘Tim’ or ‘Timmy’ Parrish (1894 - 1941)). Anne Parrish passed on at 68 years of age on 5 September 1957 in Danbury, Connecticut, United States of America.
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Anne Parrish was an American novelist and children’s story writer. In 1915, she married the wealthy industrialist Charles Albert Corliss (1868 - 1936). In the Summer of 1929, while traveling, the couple visited La Ville Lumière (City of Light), Paris, France. There, they strolled along the scenic Seine River, sightseeing and browsing through the bouquinistes stalls.
‘Bouquinistes’ is a French word meaning ‘booksellers.’ The booksellers sold second-hand and antique books in small green stalls on the banks of the Seine River, from 1859 to later times. In earlier times, beginning in the sixteenth-century, the bouquinistes had peddled their books from carts along the Seine River.
Anne delighted in browsing through the stalls of old books, being an avid reader and a successful author herself. Somewhere among the 900 stalls between Notre Dame Cathedral and the Louvre, Anne found a well-worn and well-read copy of the book, “Jack Frost and Other Stories” (1890) by Helen J. Wood. The book had been a childhood favorite of hers, so she purchased it for a franc and showed it to her husband, telling him how she had enjoyed it. Possibly doubtful of the book’s literary value, her husband opened the book, and on the flyleaf, or front page, scrawled by the hand of a child, were the words, ‘Anne Parrish, 209 N. Weber St., Colorado Springs.
In a chance occurrence, a beloved childhood storybook, once belonging to a girl named Anne Parrish, traveled all the way from America to France by unknown means, to be found and reclaimed by its original owner when she had become a grown woman.
Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont
Anne Parrish was born on 12 November 1888 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America. She became a novelist and a writer of children’s books. Her published works include the book “Knee-High to a Grasshopper” (1923), which was illustrated by her brother Dillwyn Parrish (George Dillwyn ‘Tim’ or ‘Timmy’ Parrish (1894 - 1941)). Anne Parrish passed on at 68 years of age on 5 September 1957 in Danbury, Connecticut, United States of America.
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