Amazing Unpublished Dream Diary/Journal Of Reverend Orville Ernest Watson Of Ohio

REVEREND ORVILLE ERNEST WATSON

Publication: Written by Reverend Orville Ernest Watson, 1919-1941, N P (Most Likely Cleveland)

First & only edition. 8vo. Decorated cloth with leather corners, two leather spine labels, and raised bands, 300 pp. with every entry dated and printed in ink. All 300 pages are full to completion as Reverend Watson recounts his dreams. The 300 page diary covers the years 1919 to 1941 and provides a unique and sometimes disturbing glimpse into his thoughts and mind. The dreams, as described, range from typical dreams that any person may have, although a number are about his brother, and others are horrific nightmares and the surrealistic. On July 4, 1919, he vividly describes a nightmare; on July 23, 1919 he recounts a horrible dream about a jealous husband; on March 29, 1921 a political dream; on March 21, 1923 a sea dream; on Feb. 4, 1924 he visits his old home town in his dream; on January 22, 1927 a dream that with his brother they visit a cemetery in Cincinnati; and much, much more. Orville Ernest Watson was born in Westfield Center, Ohio, on December 1, 1857, the son of Joseph Watson, a physician, and his wife Eliza (or Ella) Jane Mills. Orville's three siblings were Clarence, Minnie, and Jessie. The Watson family moved to Cardington, Ohio, before 1870, and Orville Watson graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1882. After working as a businessman in Cardington, he entered Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, as a theology student in 1889. Following his graduation in 1892, he moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he was assistant rector for Trinity Episcopal Church. He eventually returned to Gambier, Ohio, where he died on May 17, 1951. Bookplate of Orville Ernest Watson on front pastedown sheet, leather corners lightly rubbed, and covers lightly soiled, else interior clean, neat and solid. Overall a very good, tight copy.

Inventory Number: 45031