This is another of those wonderful games of fill-in-the-blanks with poetry and quotes game from the 1870’s. The full title (according to the accompanying booklet) is: “The Reveries of Jemima Spinster. A Confidential And Affecting Account of The Reasons Why Our Aunt Jemima Didn’t Get Married.”
It is complete retaining its 110 quote cards by various and sundry poets and writers from Addison to Whittier from which you draw and fill in the blanks of Jemima’s life story, whose narrative is provided by the accompanying booklet. Every time you play the draw is random and different making Aunt Jemima’s story never the same twice. So one never really knows why Aunt Jemima never married.
An excerpt: “How well I remember the evening at singing school when Seth Johnson presented me the box saying _______” I blushed and answered______.
I happened to pull “Whoever lives true life, will love true love” (Mrs. Browning) for the first blank and “We may live without friends; we may live without books; But civilized man can not live without cooks.” (Owen Meredith) to fill in the second. She’s not off to a great start in my game at all in her answer to him.
What a fun evening of surprises as we fill in the blanks with quotes form Shakespeare, Burns, Longfellow, Mrs. Ferningham’s Journal to name but a few.
The box lid graphic is absolutely wonderful. The copyright date is 1871.
In excellent condition with minor signs of wear attendant with age and use, but no rips, holes or tears.
Another rare game from a time long before computers, a must-have for re-creating those long winter nights of family fun.