NESTLINGS

A COLLECTION OF POEMS

BY

ELLA FRASER WELLER

ILLUSTRATED BY

K. A. FRASER

FROM PICTURES OF CHILDREN IN THE AUTHOR'S
IMMEDIATE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS

SAN FRANCISCO
CALIFORNIAN PUBLISHING CO.
1892
Copyright, 1892, by Ella Fraser Weller

LOVINGLY DEDICATED

TO THE CHILDREN WHOSE FACES

ARE

PICTURED WITHIN

INTRODUCTORY

These selections have come of occasions. Theywere not meant for the public eye. Thethought of a possible book had given them greaterunity, and the vision of a possible critic had probablymodified their form. The mother-love forchildren called for them and they came; there is aconspiracy of mother-loves and the fugitive poemsbecame a book.

The accompanying illustrations are shadows ofreal faces and may be readily duplicated in anylimited circle.

"Nestlings" may serve as an album for someinnocent faces, and perpetuate some possibly helpfulsentiment.

S. H. WELLER

Los Angeles, California

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