Emily Dickinson True Notes (set of 2)

Inspired by the life and work of Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) and the collections of the Emily Dickinson Museum and Amherst College, this pair of mini notebooks invites you to reveal your own thoughts, dreams and ideas. The covers feature a delicate floral pattern on one book, based on a fragment of the actual wallpaper from Dickinson’s bedroom, and, in Dickinson’s own handwriting, the manuscript of her poem “Tell all the truth but tell it slant” on the other: Tell all the truth but tell it slant — Success in Circuit lies Too bright for our infirm Delight The Truth's superb surprise As Lightning to the Children eased With explanation kind The Truth must dazzle gradually Or every man be blind — -Fr1263 This set of two compact ruled notebooks can go with you anywhere. Details - Set of 2 notebooks - 48 ruled pages in each of archive-quality 90-gsm paper - White saddle-stitched binding - Detail of recreated floral wallpaper based on original fragments found in Emily Dickinson’s bedroom. Design by Marylou Davis, courtesy of the Emily Dickinson Museum. - Detail of original manuscript of Emily Dickinson's poem “Tell all the truth but tell it slant” (Fr 263), courtesy of Amherst College Archives & Special Collections. - Each, 3 1/2W x 5 1/2H (closed); 7W (open)