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A Family Failing

Sneezed the Pepper, "Sister Salt
Bids me say 'tis not her fault
That she's out of place to-day;
Turning, just below the Caster,
She upset, and the disaster
Holds her back in Mustard-plaster
That she cannot scrape away."
"That trick of turning round she got,"
Said Vinegar, "from Mrs. Lot."

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  • ea Moderators member
    January 15, 2006
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    I found this listing on a website for the University of Florida's Rare Book Collection: Author, etc.:
    Tabb, John B. (John Banister), 1845-1909
    Title:
    John Bannister Tabb on Emily Dickinson.
    Edition:
    A facsimile of Tabb's letter of 20 September 1897.
    Published:
    New York 1950.
    Notes:
    Foreword by Thomas H. Johnson.
    ED 16 Howe Coll

    and wonder if anyone knows about a correspondance between Tabb and Dickinson or if anyone has seen this book...