MANUSCRIPT. [Three exercise books containing hand-written copies of letters from a woman to her sister. N.p.: 1819-1820.] 3 vols., 150pp., manuscript, 8vo (228 x 180mm.) Copies of letters sent from 'E.P.' to her sister 'Jane', mainly relating to a tour of Scotland and the north of England, written in a single partly legible hand, with occasional redactions in ink. (Toning.) Original wrappers (minor rubbing, slight corner creasing). Note: with a breathless enthusiasm, the writer sounds like a young woman experiencing things for the first time, reconstructing the interesting and the prosaic with equal passion. She describes landscape, wildlife, churches, a Shakespeare performance ('the display of fireworks in the closing scene was beyond…'), all with wonderment, often diverting from 'the object of my narration'. There are some social occasions, with hosts and others, some breakfasts with suitors ('but do not ask if my head was turned') (3).