DeKroyft, Mrs. S. H. A Place in Thy Memory. New York: John F. Trow, Printer and Stereotyper, 1858. Reprint Edition. Red cloth, blind pattern to covers, spine in elaborate gilt, 7 1/2 x 5 inches, binding a bit soiled, small worm hole in top joint, tight. Engraving of the author and of the New York Institution for the Blind. 191 clean pp., text with black borders. Good. Hardcover.
First published in 1849, this is a reprint from 1858.
Sarah Helen DeKroyft (1818-1915), a native of the Rochester area of upstate New York; a school teacher who was widowed on her wedding day and then suddenly became blind at the age of 27 years. She had an excellent education for a young woman of her time and turned to writing to support herself. This book is a collection of her letters, many of which were written during her one-year stay at the New York Institution for the Blind. They relate the thoughts and experiences of an educated young woman in her first three years of blindness.
